The UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tuscany

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Historic Centre of Siena[1]

 

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The 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tuscany | Historic Centre of Siena
   
   

The 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tuscany are The historic Center of Florence [since 1982], Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa [since 1987], San Gimignano Historical Center [since 1990], the Historic Centre of Siena [since 1995], Pienza [since 1996], the Val d'Orcia [since 2004] and the Villas and Medici gardens in Tuscany [since 2013].

 

Historic Centre of Siena [since 1995]

Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this period the work of Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers and Simone Martini was to influence the course of Italian and, more broadly, European art. The whole city of Siena, built around the Piazza del Campo, was devised as a work of art that blends into the surrounding landscape.[2]

 

Galleria fotografica Siena

 

Panorama del Terzo di Città dalla Torre del Mangia  

Piazza del Campo, Il Campo, seen from the top of Torre del Mangia

   La basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena

Panorama del Terzo di Città dalla Torre del Mangia

 

 

Piazza del Campo, visto dalla cima di Torre del Mangia

 

  Santa Maria dei Servi
   
   
 

Mappa Tenuta Il Poggione Sant'Angelo in Colle | Ingrandire mappa


 
   

CRITERIA

USEFUL LINKS

Official website of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Italy | whc.unesco.org

Traveling in Tuscany | Complete list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Tuscany

Video

Il Palio di Siena | Una selezione dei palii più rocamboleschi della Storia del Palio di Siena

 

 


[1] Photo by Jörg Bittner (Unna), licensed under  the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
[2] Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre | whc.unesco.org | Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0

 

Other Unesco World Heritage Sites in Tuscany

 

   
Florence bridges   Piazza del Duomo, Pisa   San Gimignano Panorama

The historic Center of Florence

 

  Piazza del Duomo, Pisa  

San Gimignano

 

Pienza view   OrciaRiverPanoramaDirEst   Villa Medici a Fiesole 1

The historic Center of Pienza

 

  The Val d'Orcia  

Medici Villa's and gardens

 


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