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Sant'Agostino (Siena)

Sant'Agostino is a church in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. The construction of the church and its associated convent began in 1258 and lasted for more than fifty years. Other renovations and reconstructions were carried out in the following centuries. The interior, redesigned by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century, has maintained the large high altars in polychrome marble from the 16th and 17th centuries. The stucco statues in the nave and in the transept date from the Vanvitelli renovation.

Located at 43.3144, 11.3314 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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13th-century architecture, Churches in Siena

San Giuseppe (Siena)

San Giuseppe is a church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The church was commissioned by the contrada dell'Onda and begun in 1521. Construction continued for the whole century. The façade, finished in 1653, is mostly in brickwork, with two superimposed orders divided by pilaster strips. The interior is on the Greek Cross plan, surmounted by an octagonal dome with a lantern. Decoration is attributed to the Nasini family. The crypt, a suggestive 16th century hall, contains the contrada's museum.

Located at 43.3153, 11.3319 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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16th-century architecture, Churches in Siena

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena (2.5 hectares) is a botanical garden operated by the University of Siena. It is located at Via P. A. Mattioli, 4, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, and open daily without charge. The garden's history reaches back to 1588 when the university began to raise medicinal herbs. In 1756 the field of herbal studies was supplanted by natural history, and starting in 1759, under the direction of Giuseppe Baldassarri, the garden began to collect uncommon plants.

Located at 43.3135, 11.3317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in Italy, University of Siena, Gardens in Tuscany

Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)

The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is traditionally identified as the Pannocchieschi family's residence. Buonsignori Palace, although built in the 15th century, has a 19th century neo-medival façade based on the city's Palazzo Pubblico.

Located at 43.3156, 11.3306 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Art museums and galleries in Italy, Buildings and structures in Siena, National museums of Italy, Art museums established in 1932, Museums in Tuscany, 1932 establishments in Italy

Santi Pietro e Paolo (Siena)

The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is a Baroque church in Central Siena, Italy, found on via San Marco. It originally was annexed to a nearby monastery. Built in 1622, the brick façade was completed in 1678, work of Niccolò Franchini. The cupola, supported with an octagonal tambor, was completed in 1645, while the lantern was reconstructed in 1818 by Agostino Fantastici. I has been in use by the Contrada della Chiocciola since 1814, after the suppression of the monastery of San Paolo.

Located at 43.3126, 11.3268 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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San Pietro alle Scale (Siena)

The church of San Pietro alle Scale is an ancient church on via San Pietro in Siena, Italy. The building was originally a 12th century structure, altered starting in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of St Peter in Heaven with Angels. Amid the interior’s Baroque stucco decoration, are the remains of a polyptich by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, depicting a Madonna with Child and Saints.

Located at 43.3155, 11.3309 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta

San Sebastiano in Vallepiatta is an ancient church found next to piazzeta della Selva in Siena, Italy. The construction of the building began in 1493, under the patronage of the guild of weavers (Tessitori). Built in the shape of a Greek cross, it has a cupola with a cylindrical tambor. The design is attributed to Francesco di Giorgio Martini. Most of the brick façade has only a sliver of a cornice with architrave in travertine marble, added in 1545-1550.

Located at 43.3172, 11.3273 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova (Siena)

The Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova (St Anthony of Padua) is a small church on Via Tommaso Pendola (formerly Via delle Murella) in Siena, Italy. The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella. Siena also has a separate church of Sant'Antonio da Padova located elsewhere in the city in the Contrada della Civetta.

Located at 43.3146, 11.3289 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Churches in Siena