Cattedrale di Siena e Libreria Piccolomini
MuseumSienaAbout 1.5 hours
Striped black and white inside and out, with a marble floor of fifty-six inlaid panels that is uncovered only for part of the year, and the Piccolomini library off the nave frescoed in colours that look freshly mixed. Denser and stranger than Florence's cathedral. An hour and a half with the museum next door.
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