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.

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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

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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

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Sant’Elisabetta della Visitazione is a church.

Siena Cathedral

Church

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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.

Ravacciano

Suburb

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Ravacciano is a suburb.

San Prospero

Suburb

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San Prospero is a neighborhood in the city of Siena, Tuscany. It represents the first of the so-called "first-generation suburbs" developed outside the city walls.