Tag: Siena
Siena – Street Scenes 5 and Church Bells
This will be our final look at Siena. These are some more shots from the street or our hotel window. This was the most unique…
Siena – Street Scenes 4
Siena is such a wonderful town in which to wander, so many things to see. This post will show many sites found by wandering around.…
Siena – Duomo Museum – Misc
Well, 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…
Siena – Duomo Museum – Icons and Paintings
The 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…
Siena – Duomo Museum – Sculptures and Stained Glass
We 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…
Siena – Orienteering Race
It was Sunday morning. We had been to mass and headed into the main Piazza when we saw some kind of foot race underway. Lots…
Siena and Saint Catherine
The Saint Catherine of Siena parish in Kalamazoo, MI, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a parish this year. Fr. Robert Creagan, formerly of this…
Siena – Baptistery and More Street Scenes
Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of Saint John) was built between 1316 and 1325 by Camaino di Crescentino. Recall from a post from Florence that…
Siena – Santa Maria Assunta Interior
We step inside the church to a grand space filled with beautiful art. Again, the pillars are alternating bands of black and white marble. The…
Siena – Santa Maria Assunta
The 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…