The civic museum in Siena

The civic museum in Siena houses one of the most known allegories of the world: the allegory of the good and bad government, painted on the walls by Ambrogio Lorenzetti. In 1337 the “government of the 9” asked Lorenzetti to decorate the room (where the guests were received), with a fresco that representing the ideals that guided the city and its governors. For the first time an allegoric fresco cycle had a civil subject and not religious. The result is this allegory that tells how a good or a bad government can decide the well-being or the decadence of the society. The other great protagonist of the Museum is the “Majesty” painted by Simone Martini, the nine’s asked this work to testify the great devotion of Siena’s city dwellers to the Virgin.

Tickets: Full ticket 7,50 €, with reservation 6,50 €. Reduced ticket 4,50 €, with reservation 3,50 € (students, over 65, military and invalids)
When: 1st November - 15th March 10 am – 6.30 pm
16 March – 31 October 10 am – 7 pm