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Siena - The Town
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Benvenuti a Siena
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Siena - The Town
Siena - The Town
Siena - The Town
La leggenda afferma che Siena fu fondata da Senio, figlio di Remo, uno dei fondatori di Roma. L’origine del nome di Siena è ancora oggetto di ricerca: alcuni lo attribuiscono alla famiglia Etrusca dei Saina, altri alla famiglia romana dei Saenii. E’ certo che il suo sviluppo si incrementò solo nel Medio Evo, quando la città si espanse in varie direzioni.
Città Ghibellinaper eccellenza, Siena spesso combattè contro i Guelfi fiorentini, in scontri epici e crudeli che segnarono la storia dell’Italia medievale. Una delle battaglie più famose fu a Montaperti il 4 settembre 1260, quando i Senesi sconfissero i Fiorentini.
La città raggiunse il massimo splendore nel 1300, quando furono costruiti la maggior parte dei monumenti civili e fu tentata l’edificazione del nuovo Duomo. Nel XIV sec., la città venne annessa al Granducato di Toscana.
Siena - The Town
The legend tells that Siena was founded by Senio, Remo’s son, one of the founders of Rome. The origin of Siena’s name is still today an object of research: some historians attribute it to the Etruscan Saina family, some others to the Roman Saenii family. Certainly, the development of this town increased only in the Middle Ages, when the town expanded in various directions. Siena was pre-eminently a Ghibelline town and it often “crossed its swords” with the Florentine Guelphs in epic and bloody fights, that marked the history of the Italian Middle Ages. One of the most famous battles took place in Montaperti, on 4th September 1260, when the Sienese defeated the Florentine. Siena reached its full splendour in 1300, when the most part of the civil monuments was built and it was made an attempt to build the new Duomo. In the XIV centuri, the city was attached with the Tuscan Grand Duchy.
Siena - The Town
Siena - The Town
Siena - The Town
Città situata a 322 mt. sul livello del mare, nel cuore della Toscana, Siena mantiene intatta la caratteristica apparenza medievale, con vicoli stretti e nobili palazzi contornati da un bellissimo paesaggio collinare. Siena e’ un’antica città medioevale sorta su tre colli e circondata da mura, che accoglie i suoi visitatori con il motto, scritto sulla Porta Camollia: Cor Magi tibi Seni pandit (Siena ti apre il suo cuore ancora più di questa porta). L’identità della provincia senese ragruppa ben trentasei comuni e otto aree di interesse turistico a cui fa capo Siena. Indiscusso simbolo della città è la Torre del Mangia, nella celebre Piazza del Campo da secoli teatro del Palio.
 
Siena is situated 322 mt above the sea level, in the heart of Tuscany. It has kept its typical medieval appearance untouched, with narrow alleys and noble palaces, surrounded by a beautiful hill landscape.
Siena is an ancient medieval town, that was born on three hills and was enclosed by walls. Still today, it welcomes its visitors with this motto, written on the Camollia Door: “Cor Magi tibi Seni pandit” (Siena opens its heart to you, even more than its door). The undisputed symbol of the town is the tower Torre del Mangia, in the renowed Piazza del Campo, that has been the theatre of the Palio for many centuries.
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