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Top Attractions
| Name | Category | Location |
Basilica di San Francesco
The famous Piero della Francesca frescoes depicting The Legend... |
Religious Sites | Arezzo |
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Battistero
This lovely Gothic baptistery, which stands across from the Duomo's... |
Religious Sites | Pisa |
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Collegiata
The town's main church is not officially a duomo (cathedral)... |
Religious Sites | San Gimignano |
Cripta
After it had lain unseen for possibly 700 years, a crypt was... |
Religious Sites | Siena |
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Duomo
Pisa's cathedral brilliantly utilizes the horizontal marble-stripe... |
Religious Sites | Pisa |
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Duomo
The blind arches on the cathedral's facade are a fine example... |
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites | Lucca |
Duomo
Siena's cathedral is beyond question one of the finest Gothic... |
Religious Sites | Siena |
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Duomo
Behind the textbook 13th-century Pisan-Romanesque facade is proof... |
Religious Sites | Volterra |
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Duomo
Arezzo's medieval cathedral at the top of the hill contains an... |
Religious Sites | Arezzo |
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Duomo
Cortona's cathedral stands on an edge of the city, next to what's... |
Religious Sites | Cortona |
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Enoteca Gustavo
There's no shortage of places to try Vernaccia di San Gimignano... |
Restaurants | San Gimignano |
Leaning Tower (Torre Pendente)
Legend holds that Galileo conducted an experiment on the nature... |
Architectural Sites | Pisa |
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Museo Civico
The impressive civic museum occupies what was the "new" Palazzo... |
Museums / Galleries, Castles / Palaces | San Gimignano |
Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana
Part of the unfinished nave of what was to have been a new cathedral... |
Museums / Galleries | Siena |
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Museo Diocesano
Housed in part of the original cathedral structure, this nine-room... |
Museums / Galleries | Cortona |
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Museo Etrusco Guarnacci
An extraordinarily large and unique collection of Etruscan relics... |
Museums / Galleries | Volterra |
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Palazzo Pubblico
The Gothic Palazzo Pubblico, the focal point of the Piazza del... |
Castles / Palaces | Siena |
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Passeggiata delle Mura
Any time of day when the weather is clement, you can find the... |
Parks, Viewpoints, Promenades / Boardwalks | Lucca |
Piazza del Campo
The fan-shaped Piazza del Campo, known simply as il Campo (The... |
Squares | Siena |
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Piazza dell'Anfiteatro Romano
Here's where the ancient Roman amphitheater once stood; some... |
Squares, Archaeological Sites | Lucca |
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Piazza Grande
With its irregular shape and sloping brick pavement, framed by... |
Squares | Arezzo |
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Pinacoteca
One of Volterra's best-looking Renaissance buildings contains... |
Museums / Galleries | Volterra |
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Pinacoteca Nazionale
The superb collection of five centuries of local painting in... |
Museums / Galleries | Siena |
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Porta all'Arco Etrusco
Even if a good portion of the arch was rebuilt by the Romans... |
Archaeological Sites | Volterra |
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San Frediano
The church of San Frediano, just steps from the Anfiteatro, has... |
Religious Sites | Lucca |
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San Michele in Foro
The facade here is even more fanciful than that of the Duomo... |
Religious Sites | Lucca |
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Sant'Agostino
Make a beeline for Benozzo Gozzoli's superlative 15th-century... |
Religious Sites | San Gimignano |
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Santa Maria al Calcinaio
Legend has it that the image of the Madonna appeared on a wall... |
Religious Sites | Cortona |
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Santa Maria della Pieve
The curving, tiered apse on Piazza Grande belongs to a fine Romanesque... |
Religious Sites | Arezzo |
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Spedale di Santa Maria della Scala
For more than a thousand years, this complex across from the... |
Museums / Galleries, Hospitals | Siena |
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Teatro Romano
Just outside the walls past Porta Fiorentina are the ruins of... |
Arts / Performance Venues, Archaeological Sites | Volterra |
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Torre Guinigi
The tower of the medieval Palazzo Guinigi contains one of the... |
Architectural Sites, Viewpoints | Lucca |