Go to Florence and do not wrap in Siena, which is so close - it's just nonsense. Despite the fact that Siena - one of the most visited cities in Italy, its atmosphere is not similar to the atmosphere of the tourist center. There is not that bustling traffic here, that, for example, in neighboring Florence. Yes, there are always a lot of visitors from all over the world, but they do not interfere with the perception of the city as an old, calm, slightly drowsy and as if frozen somewhere in the Middle Ages.

If you look from afar (from the side of the main highway), Siena does not look like frivolous baroque Italian cities with exquisite ornaments and "curls" . It seems reserved, antique, terracotta . @ This is a reflection of the harsh medieval past of the city : the brown walls of the Gothic Pinakothek, where paintings of the 13th and 17th centuries are kept; red arched gallery of the house of St. Catherine, one of the patrons of Italy, who lived here; red in the rays of the setting sun of St. Basil's Basilica of the 13th century built, medieval chunky and thorough . Yes, and Torre del Manja itself, whose arrow rises above the city to a height of more than 100 meters, is also a reddish brown .

The whole old center of Siena with narrow streets, hills, descents, cheap (very cheap, 1 piece - 1 EUR!) Pizzerias and shops of traditional local specialties - this is one great attraction . But the most significant place in the city where everyone wants is, of course, the semi-circular Piazza del Campo . It is not just a semicircular, but also deepens to the center like cha shek, divided into sectors paved with multi-colored cobblestones . This multicolored breakdown historically performed the same function as the division of the fan sectors in the football stadium . Only with the difference that the "teams", that is, the counter, in Siena, were not two, and seventeen, by the number of urban areas . Each pair of counter parties used one for two by a sector of nine in a general city assembly .

The square is occupied by the 13th century Town Hall and the thin Torre- del-Manja .On the other side of tourists waiting for the fountain of Joy, built in the 15th century .And just a few steps along the steep staircase separate the city guests from the Siena Duomo, ready to compete with the Florentine delicate facade of the facade. . Next to it is a baptistery with arched arches of the 14th century, where all the city dwellers, ending with unknown artisans . And the city museum stores the amazing frescoes of old Italian masters, including the famous allegory of the government of a suitable and unfit brush Lorenzetti . Uniqueness of the fresco in its themes: in those days, any subjects, except religious, were not too popular .