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Sant'Agostino (Siena)

Sant'Agostino is a church in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. The construction of the church and its associated convent began in 1258 and lasted for more than fifty years. Other renovations and reconstructions were carried out in the following centuries. The interior, redesigned by Luigi Vanvitelli in the 18th century, has maintained the large high altars in polychrome marble from the 16th and 17th centuries. The stucco statues in the nave and in the transept date from the Vanvitelli renovation.

Located at 43.3144, 11.3314 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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13th-century architecture, Churches in Siena

San Raimondo (Siena)

San Raimondo is a church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was built from 1596 by will of the Sienese noble Aurelio Chigi. In 1660, Pope Alexander VII (a Chigi) commissioned from the city's architect, Benedetto Giovannelli, a new marble façade, which is in three classicist-style superimposed orders. The interior has a well-balanced decoration dating from the early 17th century. Canvasses include works by Alessandro Casolani, Francesco Vanni, Rutilio Manetti, Rustichino and Sebastiano Folli.

Located at 43.3167, 11.3392 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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17th-century architecture, Churches in Siena, Baroque sites of Tuscany

San Giuseppe (Siena)

San Giuseppe is a church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The church was commissioned by the contrada dell'Onda and begun in 1521. Construction continued for the whole century. The façade, finished in 1653, is mostly in brickwork, with two superimposed orders divided by pilaster strips. The interior is on the Greek Cross plan, surmounted by an octagonal dome with a lantern. Decoration is attributed to the Nasini family. The crypt, a suggestive 16th century hall, contains the contrada's museum.

Located at 43.3153, 11.3319 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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16th-century architecture, Churches in Siena

Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena (2.5 hectares) is a botanical garden operated by the University of Siena. It is located at Via P. A. Mattioli, 4, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, and open daily without charge. The garden's history reaches back to 1588 when the university began to raise medicinal herbs. In 1756 the field of herbal studies was supplanted by natural history, and starting in 1759, under the direction of Giuseppe Baldassarri, the garden began to collect uncommon plants.

Located at 43.3135, 11.3317 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Botanical gardens in Italy, University of Siena, Gardens in Tuscany

Santi Pietro e Paolo (Siena)

The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is a Baroque church in Central Siena, Italy, found on via San Marco. It originally was annexed to a nearby monastery. Built in 1622, the brick façade was completed in 1678, work of Niccolò Franchini. The cupola, supported with an octagonal tambor, was completed in 1645, while the lantern was reconstructed in 1818 by Agostino Fantastici. I has been in use by the Contrada della Chiocciola since 1814, after the suppression of the monastery of San Paolo.

Located at 43.3126, 11.3268 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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San Pietro alle Scale (Siena)

The church of San Pietro alle Scale is an ancient church on via San Pietro in Siena, Italy. The building was originally a 12th century structure, altered starting in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of St Peter in Heaven with Angels. Amid the interior’s Baroque stucco decoration, are the remains of a polyptich by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, depicting a Madonna with Child and Saints.

Located at 43.3155, 11.3309 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova (Siena)

The Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova (St Anthony of Padua) is a small church on Via Tommaso Pendola (formerly Via delle Murella) in Siena, Italy. The oratory is property of the "Ward of the Turtle" or Contrada della Tartuca, and now commonly called Sant'Antonio alle Murella. Siena also has a separate church of Sant'Antonio da Padova located elsewhere in the city in the Contrada della Civetta.

Located at 43.3146, 11.3289 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Church of the Santuccio

The ‘’’Church of the Santuccio’’ or chiesa del Santuccio is an ancient church on via Roma 69 in Siena, Italy, which once was part of the annexed monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli. The façade by Annibale Bichi recalls works by Baldassarre Peruzzi.

Located at 43.3154, 11.3397 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Churches in Siena