Piazza San Francesco
Piazza San Francesco is a square in Siena, Siena, Tuscany. Piazza San Francesco is situated nearby to the library Biblioteca Centrale di Economia dell’Università degli studi di Siena, as well as near the church Sant’Elisabetta della Visitazione.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Square
- Description: urban square in Siena, Italy
- Also known as: “piazza San Francesco” and “Piazza San Francesco, Siena”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Basilica of San Francesco and Sant’Elisabetta della Visitazione.
Basilica of San Francesco
Church
Photo: Gabbg82, Public domain.
San Francesco is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. It was erected in c. 1228-1255 and later enlarged in the 14th-15th centuries, the original Romanesque edifice being turned into the current large Gothic one.
Sant’Elisabetta della Visitazione
Church
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sant’Elisabetta della Visitazione is a church.
Siena Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Siena Cathedral is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. Siena Cathedral is situated 620 metres southwest of Piazza San Francesco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ravacciano and San Prospero.
San Prospero
Suburb
Piazza San Francesco
- Category: locality
- Location: Siena, Siena, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.32202° or 43° 19′ 19″ northLongitude
11.33399° or 11° 20′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8FMH88CM+RHOpenStreetMap ID
way 30910140OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q16590052
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Italian—“Piazza San Francesco” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣方济各广场 (锡耶纳)”
- Chinese: “圣方济各广场”
- Esperanto: “Placo Sankta Francisko”
- French: “piazza San Francesco”
- French: “Piazza San Francesco”
- Italian: “piazza San Francesco”
- Italian: “Piazza San Francesco”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Centrale di Economia dell’Università degli studi di Siena and Stazione Carabinieri San Francesco.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Savina Petrilli (1851-1928) and Casa per Ferie San Francesco.
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