Siena’sDuomo was constructed from 1136 to 1382. Is a late Gothic church with early Renaissance painting and Baroque design. Early architects used striking Romanesque stripes but the form of the church is one of the best Gothic styles in Italy. Originally designed to be the largest church in Christendom, The plan had to be altered […]
This church was founded in 1250 as the Holy Annunciation. It was rebuilt between 1444 and 1481. It’s atrium contains frescoes by the Mannerist artists Rosso Fiorentino, Andrea del Sarto, and Jacopo Pontormo. The dark interior of the church has a fresco ceiling completed by Pietro Giambelli in 1669. There is also a shrine painting […]
