Between 1228 and 1255, at the request of the Franciscans, a first church in the Romanesque style was built. It was enlarged between 1326 and 1475, giving it its immense Gothic structure.
In 1655, a fire destroyed the church, and later unfortunate restorations with baroque additions followed.
Restoration began in the late 19th century, with the interior heavily modified by destroying the baroque altars, and the restored fa\u00e7ade of the early 20th century with the disappearance of the green and white marble ornaments of the 13th century and the portal of the 15th.<\/p>\n
Outside there are few ornaments, except the marble portal that represents Saint Francis and Saint Bernardine in adoration of the Virgin with Child, two angels on the sides and Christ at the top. Its plan is T-shaped, the cross of Saint Francis, with a single and immense nave covered with a visible frame, chapels oriented towards the transept. The interior walls are made of white and black marble slabs. On the other side of the fa\u00e7ade, there are still some 15th century frescoes, a Nativity of Jesus from Sodom and the old portal on the left side of the 15th century. On the right side of the basilica, the former convent is now home to some faculties of the University of Siena and the diocesan museum of sacred art. San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi<\/strong> is a Gothic church of Siena built from 1255, consecrated only in 1533, with an unfinished 15th century stone and brick facade. The exterior is clean as usual in mendicant orders. During the 19th and 20th centuries, many artists participated in the decoration of chapels.<\/p>\n\n\n The Collegiate Church of Provenzano<\/strong> dates from 1595 to 1604, with a single nave surmounted by an octagonal cupola above the chancel. San Donato<\/strong> (Saint Donatus<\/em> in English) is a baroque church. A first church dedicated to the Archangel Saint Michael dates back at least to the 12th century. Late seventeenth century, the Carmelites rebuilt it in a baroque style. The church of San Giuseppe<\/strong> was built from 1522 on the initiative of a lumberjack guild, with an octagonal dome topped by a lantern. The fa\u00e7ade, mainly made of bricks, was completed in 1653. San Pietro alla Magione<\/strong> dates back to at least the 10th century. In the 12th century, the Templars built a hospice in a house (a “magione”). In 1312, the church passed to the Order of Knights of the Hospital. Santa Maria in Portico a Fontegiusta<\/strong> is a Renaissance church, built in 1482-84 to celebrate the victory of Siena over the Florentines at the battle of Poggio Imperiale at Poggibonsi on 7 September 1479. Basilica of Saint Francis in Siena The Basilica of San Francesco di Siena is one of the most important churches in Siena, located on the homonymous square. Between 1228 and 1255, at the request of the Franciscans, a first church in the Romanesque style was built. It was enlarged between 1326 and 1475, giving it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
The rose window is the only element of the 15th century fa\u00e7ade, with the symbols of the four evangelists on the sides.
The bell tower was built in 1763.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Photo](\"https:\/\/www.latoscane.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/basilica-di-san-francesco-siena-2412-300x200.jpg\")
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The splendid crypt of the basilica is currently used as the faculty library.<\/p>\n
On the left side of the nave there are several works, including 17th century paintings.
On the right side of the nave there are three canvases from the 16th and 17th centuries, frescoes, and the main chapel was designed by Giuseppe Partini and is dominated by a beautiful 19th century stained glass window.
The central chapel is framed by eight chapels. The first one has a fresco from the cloister of the convent painted by Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio; the second one has two wonderful frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti; the fourth one has a fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti with the Martyrdom of the Franciscan Friars<\/em>; the fifth has a Madonna with Child<\/em> by Andrea Vanni; the sixth the marble funerary monument of Cristoforo Felici, made in 1463 by Urbano da Cortona; and in the seventh a bas-relief by Giovanni D’Agostino.
In the central chapel, the high altar is by Leopoldo Maccari and Giuseppe Partini with the funerary effigies of Silvio Piccolomini and Vittoria Forteguerri, parents of Pope Pius II.<\/p>\n
On the square, the Oratory of the Company of Saint Bernardine was built in 1400 where Bernardine came to preach.<\/p>\nSan Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi church<\/h2>\n
It was built on the Valdimontone hill, on the site of an ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god Mithras, by the Servites from the convent of Mount Senario.<\/p>\n
There are different styles: the transept and the terminal chapels of gothic style, the three naves of renaissance style and vaults crossed and corinthian capitals, the Romanesque bell tower erected between the 14th and 15th centuries.
Inside are especially works dedicated to the Virgin Mary, including the Madonna del Bordone<\/em>, a work by Coppo di Marcovaldo when he was a captive of the Sienese after the battle of Montaperti in 1260, in exchange for her release; the Coronation of the Virgin<\/em> by Bernardino Fungai, the Virgin of Mercy<\/em> by John Paul, the Nativity of Mary<\/em> by Rutilio Manetti in 1625; the Massacre of the Innocents<\/em> and a Madonna and Child<\/em>, by Matteo di Giovanni from 1491. Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio painted in 1364 the Madonna di Belvedere<\/em> etc.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Santa Maria di Provenzano church in Siena<\/h2>\n
It has a beautiful marble facade divided into two floors, topped by a central tympanum flanked by two small volutes.
The interior contains many works of art, including the late 15th century terracotta bust on the master altar known as Madonna di Provenzano<\/em>, a virgin considered miraculous. The bust would have resisted the blows of a sword of a Spanish soldier during the occupation by Charles V in the middle of the 16th, which damaged the arms and the figure.<\/p>\nSan Donato church in Siena<\/h2>\n
The current fa\u00e7ade is a restoration of neo-medieval style from 1940-1942, with a lower part in stone, upper in bricks, a rose window in marble. In the crossing are remains of the Romanesque church.<\/p>\nSan Giuseppe church in Siena<\/h2>\n
Above the portal is a bust of Saint Joseph by Tommaso Redi, sculpted in 1653.
The interior has a rich historical and artistic heritage dating from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The cupola is decorated with a fresco attributed to Apollonio Nasini with the Genealogy of Saint Joseph<\/em> from 1735.
The baroque stucco altar dates from 1685 with a statue in the centre of Saint Joseph.<\/p>\nSan Pietro alla Magione church<\/h2>\n
It is built of stone, with a portal and a Romanesque steeple. Its austere Romanesque interior was restored in 1957. The gothic tabernacle dates from the second half of the 14th century. There are fragments of frescoes with a Crucifixion and biblical episodes. The chapel on the right was built in the 16th century at the end of the plague.<\/p>\nSanta Maria in Portico a Fontegiusta church<\/h2>\n
On the left wall is a fresco of Sibylle Announcing the Birth of Christ to Emperor Augustus<\/em>, attributed to Baldassarre Peruzzi, but perhaps by Daniele da Volterra.
The marble altar is from the 16th century. Side frescoes from the late 16th century depict episodes of the life of the virgin.
The old Pescaja Gate (or Porta Fontegiusta) was located at the apse, and was walled off to protect the city.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Map with others churches of Siena<\/h2>\n
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