A century and a half before the Florentine flowering of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, another Tuscan city wondrous for ...

In the early 1300s, the Tuscan hilltop city of Siena lived through a great period ... merchant ships and the soaring interiors of gothic cathedrals". The climax of these innovations is Duccio's ...

Siena, a historic city in central Italy, is one of Tuscany’s most beautiful destinations, known for its stunning Piazza del Campo, Gothic cathedral, and famous Palio horse race. While its ...

There’s a reassuring sense that even in the 14th century, there was a lot going on well outside the mainstream ...

The Piazza del Campo, Siena’s main square, is surely the most theatrical public space in the whole of Tuscany.

The glory days of Siena came to an end ... famous for its goldsmiths, its show-off cathedral, its flamboyant horse race and some stellar artists. The last half century of its greatness is the ...

Plans were under way for a vast extension to the cathedral, the showcase for ... the fresco conveys the material splendour of medieval nobility, yet it projects a solemn message: Simone’s Madonna in ...