The Cathedral of Siena

Tourists usually arrive at the Cathedral after visited Piazza del Campo, so they didn’t expect to remain surprised again. Nobody thinks that can be something else of so spectacular. Well, they wrong. There’s still the Cathedral with its black and white frontage. It has a stupendous frontage and it has a stupendous interior too. This impressive church is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption. The richest jewels are in the inside: the floor full of esoteric symbols and religious stories: for example all the sibyls of the history, the slaughter of the innocents, king David, Hermes Trismegist, the life of Moses and the Sacrifice of Iefte. In the left aisle, just before the transept, there’s the Piccolomini Library, frescoed by Pinturicchio, that in spite of the name it never housed the books of the Pope Pio II.
Just beyond the library there’s the Piccolomini Chapel, in which there are 4 statues made by Michelangelo (he worked there from 1501 to the 1504), his statues ornate the 4 inferior niche of the Chapel. The pulpit deserve attention too: there are represented scenes taken from the Bible and Jesus life, it was made by Nicola Pisano.

When: From 01/03 to 31/05 – 10,30 am - 7,30 pm Public holiday 1,30 pm – 5,30 pm
From 01/06 to 31/08: 10,30 am – 8 pm Public holiday 1,30 pm – 6 pm
From 01/09 to 01/11: 10,30 am – 7,30 pm Public holiday 1,30 pm – 5,30 pm
From 02/11 to 28/02: 10,30 am - 6,30 pm Public holiday 1,30 pm - 5,30 pm
Tickets: 3 €