Siena: Palace of Diavoli
Among Tuscany’s historic cities, Siena stands out for its hilltop medieval core and the civic identity expressed by the Palio. Palazzo Diavoli lies on the city’s northern side, beyond the compact streets enclosed by Siena’s medieval walls. Its name belongs to a historic building in the Strada di Pescaia area, where residential streets meet undulating, tree-covered Tuscan terrain. Siena developed as an independent city-state in the Middle Ages and retains a remarkably coherent fabric of brick buildings, lanes and fortified gateways. At its heart, Piazza del Campo is the shell-shaped public square where the Palio horse race is held twice a year. The district around Palazzo Diavoli provides an everyday counterpoint to Siena’s celebrated historic centre, linking the built-up city with its surrounding hills.
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Siena lies on three hills above the Arbia valley in central Tuscany, its compact medieval districts of brick streets surrounded by the rolling countryside between Chianti and the Crete Senesi. At its centre, the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo slopes towards the Palazzo Pubblico and Torre del Mangia. The square hosts the Palio di Siena, a bareback horse race held on 2 July and 16 August by ten of the city’s seventeen contrade. Siena Cathedral is distinguished by its striped marble façade, while the historic centre has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995. Browse additional webcams from the Tuscan countryside to extend your view of Siena and its hills.
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