notepad useful numbers WHAT TO EAT AND DRINK TOURIST INFORMATION APT Tel. 0577.280551 Urban Trekking Panforte, Ricciarelli, local TOUR GUIDE ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY AND PROVINCE OF SIENA Tel. 0577.43273 Urban cinta pork salami, pecorino TAXI - ACTIVE 24 HOURS A DAY - Tel. 0577.49222 Trekking for cheese EMERGENCY ROOM POLICLINICO LE SCOTTE Tel. 0577.585807-0577.585809 trekking WHAT TO BUY in Siena young explorers Wooden balls and tin air check horses with the colors of the Air check is an “environmental traffic light” contradas, toy carts and bells Y Urban trekking is a sport that measures the level of air quality. ou are the star of this adventure. We shall WHAT TO SEE for all. Following an The polluting agents monitored by it are carbon dioxide, explore the secret parts of Siena and you can Accademia dei Fisiocritici, Church of San itinerary on foot through hilly city streets does not Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi, Church of San ozone, and noise. The green light means excellent air tell your friends that you discovered a

Domenico, Church of San Francesco, Church of Santa Maria quality, yellow indicates fair quality, and red indicates a fantastic city among the museums, parks, require any special training. It is a perfect way of in Provenzano, Baptistry of San Giovanni, Saint Catherine heavily polluted atmosphere. fountains, games, shows, and ghosts. Ready toning up the mind and body for everyone who is of Siena’s house and sanctuary, Cathedral, Church of forced to live in cramped spaces and feels the need Sant’Agostino, Church of Santa Lucia, Santa Maria della to start? One, two, three: GO!!! IN COOPERATION WITH Scala museum complex, Children’s Art Museum, Cathedral AUTOMOBILE CLUB D'ITALIA to liberate pent-up energies. Ideal also for children, Museum, Oratory of San Bernardino and Diocesan Museum A1 H urban trekking is a new and entertaining way to get of Sacred Art, Botanical Garden, Palazzo Piccolomini – EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE P P to know the history and artistic beauty of a city state archives, – Civic Museum, Palazzo PORTA CAMOLLIA TRAIN STATION delle Papesse –Center of Contemporary Art, National where it is still possible to walk around easily and P DURATION: A full day, including stops Picture Gallery, Synagogue, breathe clean air. n PORTA OVILE LENGTH: 12 km (7.5 mi) DON’T MISS P we DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: steep hilly streets, stone and brick

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P PORTA PISPINI FLORENCE and Falcons” in the Orto de’ Pecci (March-October), Palio SIENA Sponsored by the Monte dei Paschi Foundation rubber-soled shoes, hat, binoculars, flashlight, camera, PORTA FONTEBRANDA P of the Madonna of Provenzano (2 July), Palio of } ROME MILC 2003 - PHOTO LENSINI - TEXTS BY BARBARA LATINI AND ELISA VENTURINI IN COLLABORATION WITH SILVIA ORRÙ WITH SILVIA AND ELISA VENTURINI IN COLLABORATION LATINI BARBARA LENSINI - TEXTS BY 2003 - PHOTO MILC drawing pad and pencils Our Lady of the Assumption (16 August), PORTA LATERINA NAPLES CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS: fountains, towers, castles, P PORTA ROMANA Succoth – Feast of Booths (8 September), P P city walls, gates, parks Minimasgalano (October), Feast of Saint Lucy THE BEST SEASONS: all year long, preferably from October to March PORTA TUFI (13 December), Santa Claus (December), PORTA SAN MARCO Ice skating rink (December-January) Grosseto WWW.COMUNE.SIENA.IT/TURISMO away from Rome to escape their cruel called Porta Pispini, built in the middle you can see a marble head of Giomo that defended the city from enemy Trekking for uncle Romulus. They ran and ran, and of the thirteenth century. Coming back (remember who he was?). Stop in front attacks. finally stopped near a river called Tressa, up the street from the gate, at no. 164 of the church of Santa Lucia and imagine 9 young explorers and built a city. To thank the gods Apollo you will find the Children's Art Museum. that it is the middle of the winter, on piazza duomo Suggested starting point: "San Francesco" parking lot and Diana, the twins lit a big fire on the This is the ideal place to play and learn December 13th, when Siena celebrates Now walk along Via San Marco until you altars. To their great amazement, the about art at the same time, through the feast day of the saint who protects get to a wide space called the Pian dei smoke became white and black, the exhibits, animated tours, and workshops. Mantellini, which means plain of the BELLS OF SANTA LUCIA colors of the coat of arms of the city Now go into Piazza Manzoni, where a little cloaks. It has this name because 1 CHILDREN’S ART MUSEUM SKELETON OF A WHALE AT THE ACCADEMIA DEI FISIOCRITICI piazza san francesco formed by a stone wall with one or they had just founded--Siena. To the left sweeping view of the city opens up the monks in the church of San Niccolo' In front of you is the big church of San more towers. Be careful, because the of the Palace is the Torre del Mangia, della Fortuna, which means alley of before your eyes. falconry. Now go along the steep street al Carmine here wore short cloaks. Now FONTEBRANDA AND SAN DOMENICO 7 Francesco, built in the 12th century, spirit of Giovanni Ugurgieri, who died which means Tower of the Eater, good luck, and if you want to, you can Can you recognize some of the in front of you to the Piazza del Mercato, prato di sant’agostino go on along the Via del Fosso di where Bernardino Albizzeschi became a heroically during the battle of because the man whose job it was to stop in the little park to play. Then go on monuments? You are now in front of the the Market Square. The Sienese call the Now come out on Via P.A. Mattioli and Sant’Ansano, a quiet street with a day. Here’s a hint: there is a skull right Franciscan friar in 1402. He would go on Monteaperti (1260), still wanders about ring the bells every hour was nicknamed along Via Salicotto until you get to covered pavilion in the middle of the walk uphill for a short stretch. On your splendid view over the valley below. In by it! When you get to Piazza Jacopo to become the famous St. Bernardino, these walls. Now go down to the street Mangiaguadagni, because of his high Piazzetta A. Franchi, where you can square the "big turtle," because its roof left you will come to the entrance to the this area, according to legend, a pot of della Quercia, you will wonder what is and the Oratory on the right side of the called Banchi di Sotto. In the Middle salary. But there are others who say he admire the view of the Orto de' Pecci. looks like a turtle shell. Orto Botanico, the Botanical Garden, boiling oil was prepared in order to kill that strange structure that is so big and square is dedicated to him. Follow the Ages this street was lined with 'banchi' got the name because he spent all his The square contains the Fontanina della where there are lots of special plants, Ansanus, but when he was put in the impressive. The Sienese call it the 6 itinerary among the hilly streets of this or counters, where merchants sold their earnings eating and drinking in the Torre, the little fountain of the tower, orti dei tolomei such the "living stones", made up of two oil, it miraculously stopped boiling. Facciatone, and it is what would have neighborhood until you come to the wares and above all, money changers taverns! The tower is 102 meters high. where children born in the contrada of Now you are on Via G. Dupré. Along this fat leaves camouflaged to resemble Ansanus is now the patron saint of been the facade of the new cathedral church of Santa Maria in Provenzano, changed money from one currency to Are you ready to climb up? Be careful the Tower are baptized as contrada street, on March 19, which is Father's rocks. The garden has a ghost that Siena. Now go up the steep dark street that the Sienese wanted to build. But built at the end of the sixteenth century another. because the 400 steps are quite steep, members. Day in , the contrada of the Wave wanders through the valley at night. His called Vicolo di San Girolamo, or St the black plague struck in 1348, killing a to house an image of Our Lady which but the view you will see from up there celebrates Saint Joseph, who was Jesus' name is Giomo, who died heroically in Jerome's alley, and you will come out in large part of the population, and also 2 4 had brought about miracles. The July il campo porta pispini - earthly father. battle in 1207. But there are lots more the cathedral square, called Piazza the building was showing signs of If you walk down the Vicolo dei Pollaioli, basilica dei servi SHOW OF FALCONRY AT ORTO DE’ PECCI Stands up and down the street sell rice things to discover! If you like minerals, eyes. These streets fill up with children Duomo in Italian. The Cathedral, stability problems (did you see how big which means alley of the poultry sellers, Along Via dei Pispini you will see a fritters, toys, and the traditional little fossils, insects, and birds, and want to and stands selling little bells with the dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built and tall the pillars are?), so the project you come out in the heart of the city, Fountain, which gets its name from the basilica of San Clemente in Santa Maria carts with the colors of the contrada. Go see a two-headed calf and other stuffed colors of the Contradas. Now go down starting in the 12th century. It is was abandoned. Part of the new . It is shaped like a little spouts through which the water dei Servi. Inside it you can see the under the Arco di San Giuseppe, Saint animals, then go into the Accademia dei Via delle Sperandie, where you can completely covered with marble and structure was incorporated into the large shell, paved with red bricks and flows into the fountain. These are called painting that the Florentine artist Coppo Joseph's Arch, and walk along towards Fisiocritici (a little father along after the pretend to be explorers. If you go along decorated with statutes of kings, Museo dell'Opera, the Cathedral divided into nine sections. It is called Il "pispinelli." Over time the pispinelli gave di Marcovaldo made in 1261 to regain the Orti dei Tolomei. Botanical Garden) and you will see how the little path on your left at the end of prophets, Sibyls, and a few monsters. Museum, which houses 's great Campo, which means the field, because the name also to the grand city gate his freedom. He had been taken Here you can play for a while, taking your grandfathers' grandfathers studied. the street, and look among the trees, Inside, even its floor is a great work of masterpiece, the Maestà. You can also a long time ago it was a large field prisoner by the Sienese in the Battle of advantage of the nice grass. Did you A whale skeleton will welcome you to you will discover an ancient fountain art! It looks like a great puzzle made up climb up inside the Facciatone and take ORTO DE’ PECCI where markets, fairs, assemblies, and Monteaperti the year before, and since notice a big sculpture in the middle of the museum! Now you are at the Prato that only the most daring explorers of pieces of colored marble. In front of some nice pictures. Are you ready to festivals were held. Palazzo Pubblico he did not have the money to pay his the olive trees? The artist who made it di Sant'Agostino, which means Saint know about. It is called the Nuns' the cathedral is the hospital of Santa count the steps? was built at the end of the 13th century ransom, he painted this picture instead, called it "The Drop," but the Sienese call Augustine’s Meadow, where there are Fountain, because the nuns used to Maria della Scala. The ancient building, FONTANINA DELLA TORRE CHILDREN WITH DRUMS AND FLAGS to house the Nine Governors who were and they set him free. it The Pear because of its shape. benches, swings, and a splendid view wash their clothes there. Now keep built starting in the eleventh century, has in charge of the . Inside is worth all your effort. over the city. Before continuing on our going towards Porta San Marco, Saint now been transformed into a vast 5 the palace is the Civic Museum. I advise orto de’ pecci course, you can go on a treasure hunt Mark's Gate. Along this street you may museum. You can see where pilgrims 3 PRATO DI SANT’AGOSTINO you to go in there, because you will see the “ghetto” If you go through the big gate of the inside the church of Sant'Agostino. You run into painters and young artists who were taken in during the Middle Ages, PIAZZA SAN FRANCESCO many art works featuring kings, queens, Now go down Vicolo delle Scotte to former psychiatric hospital and go can have fun discovering the art works, are painting the beautiful Sienese how the sick were treated, and you can ladies, knights, virtues, and monsters. In reach the ghetto, the area of the city carefully down the dirt path, you come artists, saints and mysterious relics inside countryside unfolding before your eyes. go down into the secret labyrinths dug Palio is dedicated to her. Now keep front of the palace you see a column where the Jews were forced to live to the Orto de’ Pecci. Just think how this great church. Do you want to try your hand at it too? out of the tufa rock, where excavated walking until you get to Vicolo del holding a She-wolf with the twins starting in the sixteenth century. No. 14 close we are to the Piazza del Campo, Here we are at Porta San Marco, built in Etruscan and Roman materials are now 8 Castellare, which means alley of the Senius and Aschius, who were the sons on Vicolo delle Scotte is the Synagogue, and yet here we are in a green oasis porta san marco the thirteenth century. Siena still preserved. Try to find the place where castle, and go into the historic little of Remus. According to a famous legend, where Jews gather to read the Holy inside the city walls. Here you can play Now walk along Via delle Cerchia, which preserves today the ancient gates and Saint Catherine used to spend the night square. > castle was a kind of fortress, in the 8th century B.C., the twins ran Scriptures and to pray. Walk along Vicolo soccer or watch a fantastic show of means Street of the Hoops. At no. 15, walls (some almost thirty feet high!) after taking care of plague victims all