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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Siena

4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Siena.

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UNESCO sites in Siena

  • Historic Centre of SienaCultural · 1995 · 0 km

    Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired bet…

  • Historic Centre of San GimignanoCultural · 1990 · 29 km

    'San Gimignano delle belle Torri' is in Tuscany, 56 km south of Florence. It served as an important relay point for pilgrims travelling to or from Rome on the Via Francigena. The patrician families who controlled the tow…

  • Val d'OrciaCultural · 2004 · 33 km

    The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model o…

  • Historic Centre of the City of PienzaCultural · 1996 · 39 km

    It was in this Tuscan town that Renaissance town-planning concepts were first put into practice after Pope Pius II decided, in 1459, to transform the look of his birthplace. He chose the architect Bernardo Rossellino, wh…

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