Siena
Siena is a province of the Tuscany Region of Italy with a rich heritage of art, architecture and landscapes, supported by four UNESCO heritage sites: San Gimignano, Siena, Pienza and the Val d'Orcia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Top destinations include Siena and San Gimignano.
Siena
Siena is a walled city in Tuscany, known for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscape and a colourful horse race, Il Palio, conducted twice each year in the summer.
San Gimignano
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San Gimignano is a pretty medieval walled city in Tuscany, Italy, famous for its historic centre with beautiful towers and great art. It is small enough to be effectively visited as a day trip from nearby cities like Siena and Florence, but it has a different, more peaceful atmosphere at night that many travelers find it worthwhile to experience.
Pienza
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Pienza is a city in the Val d'Orcia region of Tuscany. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is considered the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism". It had a population of about 2,100 people in 2017.
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Val d’Orcia
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The Val d'Orcia or Valdorcia is a region of Tuscany, central Italy, which extends from the hills south of Siena to Monte Amiata. Its gentle, cultivated hills are occasionally broken by gullies and by towns and villages such as Pienza, Radicofani and Montalcino.
Val di Elsa
Valdelsa or Val d'Elsa is the valley of the river Elsa, in Tuscany, central Italy. The valley is divided into two traditional regions: Alta Valdelsa, in the province of Siena, Poggibonsi being the largest town in the area; and Bassa Valdelsa, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Empoli being the largest town.
Crete Senese
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The Crete senese refers to the residual sediment left from the Pliocene era. The crete can look alpine in areas of steep elevation or in the rolling hills where crops are cultivated and after the earth has been turned over post-harvest, the light grey color of the fields recalls the light grey of the lunar surface.
Montepulciano
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Montepulciano is a city in Tuscany famous for its wines, especially the classic red wine Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. The town has gained notability from being used as a location for the Twilight films.
Chianciano Terme
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Chianciano Terme is a city in Tuscany known for its therapeutic springs that have been healing Romans since ancient times. The meeting point between Umbria and Tuscany, the territory of Chianciano Terme, is located in an ideal contact line with various…
San Casciano dei Bagni
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San Casciano is a city in Tuscany and is a municipality in the province of Siena, whose birth and development are undoubtedly linked to the presence of the hot springs.
Castellina
Castellina in Chianti is a comune of c. 2,800 inhabitants in the province of Siena, in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres south of Florence and about 15 kilometres northwest of Siena.
Rapolano Terme
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Rapolano Terme is a city in Tuscany near Siena. The presence of the archaeological spas and other places of interest makes the town a necessary stop not to miss for those who prefer a type of tourism based on art and culture.
Radda
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Radda in Chianti is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 35 kilometres southeast of Florence and about 15 km north of Siena.
Cetona
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Cetona is a town and comune in the southern part province of Siena, Tuscany, in an area where Umbria and Lazio meet. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia.
Siena
- Type: province of Italy with 267,000 residents
- Description: province of Italy
- Also known as: “Province of Siena”, “provincia di Siena”, and “Siena province”
- Neighbors: Arezzo, Florence, Grosseto, Pisa, and Viterbo
- Location: Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Siena” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقاطعة سيينا”
- Armenian: “Սիենա”
- Azerbaijani: “Siena əyaləti”
- Basque: “Sienako probintzia”
- Bavarian: “Provinz Siena”
- Belarusian: “правінцыя Сіена”
- Belarusian: “Сіена”
- Bengali: “সিয়েনা-এর প্রদেশ”
- Breton: “proviñs Siena”
- Breton: “Proviñs Siena”
- Bulgarian: “Сиена”
- Catalan: “província de Siena”
- Catalan: “Província de Siena”
- Cebuano: “Provincia di Siena”
- Central Bikol: “Provincia nin Siena”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای سیێنا”
- Chinese: “Siena Séng”
- Chinese: “西恩納省”
- Chinese: “錫耶納省”
- Chinese: “锡耶纳省”
- Corsican: “Pruvincia di Siena”
- Croatian: “Provincija Siena”
- Croatian: “Siena”
- Czech: “Provincie Siena”
- Danish: “Province of Siena”
- Danish: “Siena”
- Dutch: “Siena”
- Esperanto: “provinco Siena”
- Esperanto: “provinco Sieno”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Sieno”
- Estonian: “Siena provints”
- Finnish: “Sienan maakunta”
- French: “province de Sienne”
- French: “Province de Sienne”
- French: “Sienne”
- Galician: “Provincia de Siena”
- Georgian: “სიენის პროვინცია”
- German: “Provinz Siena”
- Greek: “Επαρχία της Σιένα”
- Greek: “Σιένα”
- Gujarati: “સિએના પ્રાંત”
- Hebrew: “סיינה”
- Hindi: “सिएना प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “Siena megye”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Siena”
- Interlingua: “Provincia de Siena”
- Interlingua: “provincia Siena”
- Irish: “Cúige Siena”
- Italian: “provincia di Siena”
- Italian: “Provincia di Siena”
- Italian: “Siena”
- Japanese: “シエーナ県”
- Javanese: “Provinsi Siena”
- Kannada: “ಸಿಯೆನಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Korean: “시에나도”
- Ladin: “Provinzia de Siena”
- Ladino: “Provinsia de Siena”
- Latin: “Provincia Senensis”
- Latvian: “Sjēnas province”
- Ligurian: “provinsa de Senn-a”
- Ligurian: “Provinsa de Senn-a”
- Lithuanian: “Sienos provincija”
- Lombard: “Provincia de Siena”
- Lombard: “Pruvincia de Siena”
- Luxembourgish: “Provënz Siena”
- Macedonian: “Сиена”
- Malay: “Wilayah Siena”
- Maltese: “Provinċja ta‘ Siena”
- Marathi: “सिएना प्रांत”
- Mazanderani: “الیاسترا اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Siena Séng”
- Northern Frisian: “Siena (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “Siena”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Siena”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen Siena”
- Norwegian: “Siena”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Província de Siena”
- Ossetian: “Сиенæ (провинци)”
- Ossetian: “Сиенæ”
- Persian: “استان سیهنا”
- Piemontese: “Provincia ëd Sien-a”
- Polish: “Prowincja Siena”
- Portuguese: “Siena”
- Romanian: “Provincia Siena”
- Russian: “Сиена”
- Scots: “Province o Siena”
- Serbian: “Сијена”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Siena”
- Sicilian: “Pruvincia di Siena”
- Sinhala: “සියෙනා පළාත”
- Slovak: “Siena”
- Slovenian: “Pokrajina Siena”
- Slovenian: “Siena”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیهنا اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Siena”
- Spanish: “Siena”
- Swedish: “Siena”
- Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng Siena”
- Tamil: “சியன்னா மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “సియేనా ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “సియేనా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “จังหวัดซีเยนา”
- Turkish: “Siena ili”
- Turkish: “Siena”
- Ukrainian: “Провінція Сієна”
- Ukrainian: “Сієна”
- Urdu: “صوبہ سئینا”
- Uzbek: “Siena”
- Venetian: “Provincia de Siena”
- Vietnamese: “Siena”
- Waray (Philippines): “Siena”
- Welsh: “Siena”
- Welsh: “Talaith Siena”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع سینا”
- Wu Chinese: “锡耶纳省”
- “ma lili Sijena”
- “Provinge de Siena”
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