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Siena
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2–3 minutesSiena – Street Scenes 5 and Church Bells
Read More →: Siena – Street Scenes 5 and Church BellsThis will be our final look at Siena. These are some more shots from the street or our hotel window. This was the most unique image of the Madona, a very modern rendition. Some translations might help. elettricita = electricity. OK,…
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3–5 minutesSiena – Street Scenes 4
Read More →: Siena – Street Scenes 4Siena is such a wonderful town in which to wander, so many things to see. This post will show many sites found by wandering around. The tower of Palazzo Pubblico is called Torre del Mangia. When built it was one of the…
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2–3 minutesSiena – Duomo Museum – Misc
Read More →: Siena – Duomo Museum – MiscWell, we’ve seen many of the scupltures, a beautiful stained-glass window, and several paintings and icons from this museum. There are several other areas of the museum that were quite interesting, containing art and artifacts not described above. In one…
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1–2 minutesSiena – Duomo Museum – Icons and Paintings
Read More →: Siena – Duomo Museum – Icons and PaintingsThe museum has a large collection of paintings with gold backgrounds, many on wood. Unfortunately, I don’t have very much info on these paintings, but share them because they are beautiful. Some have notable cracks and warping due to the…
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2–3 minutesSiena – Duomo Museum – Sculptures and Stained Glass
Read More →: Siena – Duomo Museum – Sculptures and Stained GlassWe had the chance to visit Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, the museum of the cathedral. It contains sculptures, paintings, icons, and many other treasures. As you enter the first gallery, you see a collection of fourteenth-century Sienese sculpture by Giovanni Pisano.…
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1–2 minutesSiena – Orienteering Race
Read More →: Siena – Orienteering RaceIt was Sunday morning. We had been to mass and headed into the main Piazza when we saw some kind of foot race underway. Lots of people were wearing numbered bibs and carrying maps. What? Why were they carrying…
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3–4 minutesSiena and Saint Catherine
Read More →: Siena and Saint CatherineThe Saint Catherine of Siena parish in Kalamazoo, MI, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a parish this year. Fr. Robert Creagan, formerly of this parish, organized and let this pilgrimage to Italy including the tour if Siena. Today we…
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2–3 minutesSiena – Baptistery and More Street Scenes
Read More →: Siena – Baptistery and More Street ScenesBattistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of Saint John) was built between 1316 and 1325 by Camaino di Crescentino. Recall from a post from Florence that you were not baptized inside the church, but in a separate building. Siena is another…
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2–3 minutesSiena – Santa Maria Assunta Interior
Read More →: Siena – Santa Maria Assunta InteriorWe step inside the church to a grand space filled with beautiful art. Again, the pillars are alternating bands of black and white marble. The ceiling is painted simply, but beautifully. The inlaid marble mosaic floor is one of the…
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1–2 minutesSiena – Santa Maria Assunta
Read More →: Siena – Santa Maria AssuntaThe Cattedrale Metropolitana di Santa Maria Assunta (Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption) was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure. The exterior and interior are constructed of white and greenish-black marble…
Mark Yancey
I’m Mark Yancey. I try to capture the everyday beauty around us all. It is amazing the things I see when I’ve got my camera in my hand that I might otherwise simply pass by. I also enjoy travel and share my travel photos here. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.
