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The 15 medieval towers (a
reminder of the 72 towers that used to rise during
the period of greatest splendor) announce from far
away the town's magnificence.
The amazement continues after entering one of the town gates, that open in the double
enclosed wall, and walking up the silent streets flanked with ancient
buildings.
The streets unexpectedly lead into three squares on the summit of the town, where
the severe medieval buildings that surround them may be admired.
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| SIENA |
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Siena always attracts many
tourists for its wonderful monuments and
its numerous masterpieces to visit in its museums.
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Some great artists were born in Siena and among them
it is to remind Duccio di Boninsegna and Nicola Pisano,
who worked on the greatest masterpiece in Siena: the
Duomo.
In narrow and winding lanes, in museums
and in the quarter oratorios you may hear Palio propitiatory
chants that recall the ancient customs and modern
allegories. In the evening, on the other side,
the
patter of soles on the desert paving contrasts to the peace of the green
valleys surrounded
by the walls by its ancient administrators, for centuries till today.
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In the town you may admire many masterpieces such as the Duomo, set in the Campo,
Siena's red-bricked main square and the wonderful landscape of Facciatone,
the hall
of Pellegrinaio in Santa Maria della Scala, the Piccolomini
library, the prestigious Accademy Chigiana and the wide rooms in Fortezza
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| PISA |
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| Pisa is set in a wide floodplain
(4 m. above sea level) few kilometres far from the Tyrrhenian
coast and it stretches in the two bank of the river
Arno. |
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Pisa is among the main cultural city of Italy. It
keeps a rich artistic heritage with its original Medieval
reworking of Islamic, Lombard and local influences.
It is to note the wonderful Duomo and the leaning
tower, a monument discussed and known as one of the seven wonders of the
world.
It is a chief town of a province of Tuscany and an archiepiscopal see. Nowadays
it is above all a university and research town.
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| FLORENCE |
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| Florence stands
in a pleasant valley surrounded by hills and crossed
by the river
Arno. This city is rich in monuments, historical buildings, galleries
and museums, expressing all its magnificence of its ancient civilization. |
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Its world famous promenade along its monuments up
to the wonderful Ponte
Vecchio (Old Bridge) is lined with characteristic goldsmith's shops.
Many are the monuments and the masterpieces to visit, such as Giotto's
Tower begun by Giotto in 1334, the Pitti Palace begun from an original
design by Brunelleschi in the second half of 1400, the courtyard of Ammannati, Buonarroti
house which has some paintings of Michelangelo, Forte
di Belvedere that dates from the end of 1500. The Uffizi
Palace begun by Vasari in 1560, Loggia della Signoria begun
in1376 from an original design by Arcagno and Palazzo Vecchio built
between 1293 and 1314.
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