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Siena About this sound listen (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsjɛ(ː)na]; also widely spelled Sienna in English) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 169,000 international arrivals in 2008. Siena is famous for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscape and the palio.
The cathedral is built in Tuscan Gothic style and was finished in the midth of the 13th century. Domi...
wikipedia: The Cathedral of Siena (Italian: Duomo di Siena), dedicated from its earliest days as a Ro...
Wikipedia: Siena About this sound listen (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsjɛ(ː)na]; also widely spelled Sie...
The cathedral is built in Tuscan Gothic style and was finished in the midth of the 13th century. Domi...
The cathedral is covered in the inside and outside with white and greenish-black marble. It is basica...
The Tuscany, one of the most beautiful Italian regions, is known throughout the world for its Landscapes and for the Works of Art that it houses (It is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance). Six localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the Historical Center of Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Pienza, the Square of the Cathedral of Pisa with the Leaning Tower and the Val d'Orcia. It is in the central Italy and borders with Emilia Romagna (north), Marche and Umbria (east) and Lazio (South). The West coast is bathed from the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea; here we can find the islands of the Tuscan archipelago including the island of Elba. The regional capital is Florence and the other provinces are: Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena.
