Siena

We travelled by bus and train to get to Siena and it was worth the effort. We discovered that it was cheaper to get a pass that covered a number of entries into churches and galleries but as we were hungry and it was close to 12 we decided to lunch at one of the pizzerias in the large Piazza del Campo in the middle of the city. As you can see we had pizza which were huge but very thin. We then headed to Piazza del Duomo to visit the Cathedral of Santa Maria. The pictures below give you an idea of the size of the cathedral and the are works of art by Donatello, Nicola and Giovanni Pisano and Michelangelo. None of which are ninja turtles by the way.

We then entered the crypt which houses many frescoes on the walls. This room was only discovered in the late 1990 which makes you wonder how many other treasurers are yet to be uncovered. The pass gave us entry to the baptistery which houses a beautiful baptismal font said to the the oldest form of early Italian renaissance sculpture.

The pass also gave us entry to the museum where we were able to climb to the top and view the country side for miles. We then walked over to a museum for Saint Bernardino and another church called after Saint Francesco. I must say I am starting to wonder how many saints there are as we seem to come across a new one at each town we visit.

The day was over too quickly as we had only just scratched the surface but we had to climb down the hill and down about 20 escalators to reach the train station below.