Fondazione Musei Senesi

The Fondazione Musei Senesi (Sienese Museums Foundation) joins together 31 museums in a path which offers to visitors a special evidence of the Sienese cultural identity, testified not only by precious Etruscan and Roman archeological finds and priceless artworks of Middle Age and Modern Times, but also by the memories of popular tradition related to the peasant world and to particular naturalistic itineraries >>>

The beautiful view of Siena and its territory painted in 1338 by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico to illustrate The Effects of Good Government under the Council of Nine is not only one of the most famous images in medieval art, but also an extremely meaningful testimonial to the extent to which the city and countryside were integrated at the time of the ancient Republic of Siena >>>