Italy
Things to do in Siena
26 places25 stories3 routes
Sightlore has 26 places to explore in Siena, and 25 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Siena's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Fortezza Medicea
Siena’s Fortezza Medicea (the Medici Fortress sometimes called the Fort of Saint Barbara) is a fort built in the city between 1561 and 1563 on the orders of Duke Cosimo, a few years before he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo is an art museum in Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It houses works of art and architectural fragments that were formerly in, or a part of, the Duomo of Siena (Siena Cathedral).
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Santa Maria della Scala
Santa Maria della Scala (also referred to as the Hospital, Ospedale, and Spedale) is located in Siena, Italy.
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Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists.
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Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
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Piazza del Campo
Piazza del Campo is the main public space of the historic center of Siena, a city in Tuscany, Italy.
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Palazzo Pubblico
The Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) is a historic palace in Siena, Tuscany, in central Italy. Located on the Piazza del Campo, it is one of the principal architectural landmarks of the city's historic center.
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Santa Maria di Provenzano
Santa Maria in Provenzano, or the Insigne Collegiata di Santa Maria in Provenzano, is a late-Renaissance-Baroque style, Roman Catholic, collegiate church in Piazza Provenzano Salvani, in the Terza Camollia, just southwest of the basilica of San Francesco, in the city of…
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Basilica of San Domenico
The Basilica of San Domenico, also known as Basilica Cateriniana, is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy, one of the most important in the city. The basilica is an example of Cistercian Gothic style.
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Basilica of St. Bernardine of Siena
The Basilica dell'Osservanza is a church on the outskirts of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Discovery routes in Siena
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Siena: From the Piazza del Campo to the Cathedral and the Medici Fortress
The Piazza del Campo with the Fonte Gaia, the Palazzo Pubblico and the Torre del Mangia; then Siena Cathedral, Santa Maria della Scala, the Cathedral Museum and the Baptistery, the Sanctuary of Saint Catherine, Porta Fontebranda, San Domenico and the Medici Fortress.
Siena: The Pinacoteca, gates and churches
From the Pinacoteca Nazionale to Sant'Agostino, the Basilica of San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi and Porta Romana; then Santo Spirito, San Martino, the Synagogue of Siena, Santa Maria di Provenzano, the Oratory of San Bernardino and the Basilica of San Francesco.
Around Siena: Monteriggioni and San Galgano
From the Medici Fortress to the Basilica dell'Osservanza, walled Monteriggioni and the Abbey of San Galgano.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Piazza del Campo
Piazza del Campo is the main public space of the historic center of Siena, a city in Tuscany, Italy.
Palazzo Pubblico
The Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) is a historic palace in Siena, Tuscany, in central Italy. Located on the Piazza del Campo, it is one of the principal architectural landmarks of the city's historic center.
Torre del Mangia
The Torre del Mangia is a tower in Siena, in the Tuscany region of Italy. Built in 1338–1348, it is located in the Piazza del Campo, Siena's main square, next to the Palazzo Pubblico (Town Hall).
Porta di Fontebranda
The Porta di Fontebranda or Fontebranda Gate is one of the last remaining gates in the medieval walls of Siena. It is located on via di Fontebranda, in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Fortezza Medicea
Siena’s Fortezza Medicea (the Medici Fortress sometimes called the Fort of Saint Barbara) is a fort built in the city between 1561 and 1563 on the orders of Duke Cosimo, a few years before he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Porta Romana
Porta Romana is one of the portals in the medieval Walls of Siena. It is located on Via Cassia in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. The gate exits near the Basilica of San Clemente and leads south out of town to Via Enea Silvio Piccolomini.
Monteriggioni
Monteriggioni is a comune in the province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany. The town is architecturally and culturally significant. It hosts several piazzas, and is referenced in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.
Abbey of San Galgano
The Abbey of Saint Galgano was a Cistercian Monastery founded in the valley of the river Merse between the towns of Chiusdino and Monticiano, in the province of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Porta Tufi
The Porta Tufi or Tufi Gate is one of the remaining portals in the medieval Walls of Siena. It is located on Strada di Tufi, now Via Pier Andrea Mattioli, in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Museums
Santa Maria della Scala
Santa Maria della Scala (also referred to as the Hospital, Ospedale, and Spedale) is located in Siena, Italy.
Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana del Duomo
The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo is an art museum in Siena, in Tuscany in central Italy. It houses works of art and architectural fragments that were formerly in, or a part of, the Duomo of Siena (Siena Cathedral).
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists.
Siena synagogue
The Siena Synagogue is a notable, historic Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at via delle Scotte 14, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The building also houses the Jewish Museum of Siena, a Jewish museum.
Places of worship
Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
Battistero di San Giovanni
The Battistero di San Giovanni is a religious building in Siena, Italy. It is in the square with the same name, near the final spans of the choir of the city's cathedral.
Santuario di Santa Caterina
Sanctuary in Siena dedicated to Saint Catherine of Siena, incorporating the old Benincasa family house where she was born.
Basilica of San Domenico
The Basilica of San Domenico, also known as Basilica Cateriniana, is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy, one of the most important in the city. The basilica is an example of Cistercian Gothic style.
Sant'Agostino
Sant'Agostino is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Santa Maria dei Servi
The Church of Santa Maria dei Servi is a Romanesque style, Roman Catholic church in the Terzo of San Martino in the city of Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
Santo Spirito
Santo Spirito is a Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church located in piazza Santo Spirito, where Via dei Pispini meets Vicolo del Sasso, in Siena, Italy.
San Martino
San Martino is a Roman Catholic church located on Via del Porrione, in the Terzo San Martino (named after this church) in central in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Santa Maria di Provenzano
Santa Maria in Provenzano, or the Insigne Collegiata di Santa Maria in Provenzano, is a late-Renaissance-Baroque style, Roman Catholic, collegiate church in Piazza Provenzano Salvani, in the Terza Camollia, just southwest of the basilica of San Francesco, in the city of…
Oratory of San Bernardino
The Oratory of the Compagnia di San Bernardino is an oratory in the Piazza San Francesco in Siena. Elevated to minor basilica status in 1925 by Pope Pius XI, it adjoins rooms housing the diocesan museum.
Basilica of San Francesco
San Francesco is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was erected in c. 1228-1255 and later enlarged in the 14th-15th centuries, the original Romanesque edifice being turned into the current large Gothic one.
Basilica of St. Bernardine of Siena
The Basilica dell'Osservanza is a church on the outskirts of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy.
Monuments
Fonte Gaia
The Fonte Gaia is a monumental fountain located in the Piazza del Campo in the center of Siena, Italy. The first fountain in the Piazza del Campo was completed in 1342, after hydraulic construction had led water to the site.
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