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SIENA
- THE CITY |
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Rentals in Siena |
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Everything is easily walkable from
the great central square of the Campo
, which is built at the intersection
of a configuration of hills that
looks, on the map, like an
upside-down Y. Each arm of the Y
counts as one of the city's terzi
, or thirds, and each has its
principal thoroughfare, leading out
from the Campo on elevated ridges:
humdrum Banchi di Sotto in
the Terzo di San Martino on the
southeast; bustling, shop-lined Via
di Cittą in the Terzo di Cittą
on the southwest; and elegant Banchi
di Sopra in the Terzo di
Camollia on the north. The central
core of alleys - almost entirely
medieval in plan and appearance, and
closed to traffic - can get a little
disorientating, and it's
surprisingly easy to lose your fix
on the Campo, masked as it is by
high buildings. The huge Duomo
(and attendant museums, including
the unmissable Museo dell'Opera
del Duomo and Santa Maria
della Scala ) sits on a hill
above Via di Cittą, looking across
the deep Fontebranda valley north to
the equally huge church of San
Domenico occupying its own hill;
getting from one to the other
involves a lot of stairs, or a big
semi-circular detour in order to
stay on a level.
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