Siena is a town in Tuscany, the capital of the province, about 55 thousand inhabitants. It includes the villages of Costalpino, San Miniato, Isle of Arbia, Taverna Arbia, Vignano and Ruffolo, and given the enormous amount of monuments housing has been declared "World Heritage" by UNESCO.
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Siena is home of four universities, they arise many companies because of this reason many commuters are coming daily. Thanks to the excellent lines of communication that allow their connection with the neighboring cities. Many services are available for citizens and tourists offered by the city: more offices, firms for tourism, taxi service at night, cabling and connection to broadband Internet access, available in many homes and internet point in the Tuscan capital.
In the Etruscan period, Siena had little weight in Roman times and in the early middle ages. In the tenth century, Siena was at the center of intense trade and able to assume greater importance: many were expansionist wars against Florence, both in X in the twelfth century, when a resounding victory over Florence led the rise Nine of the government, under which the Tuscan town reached the pinnacle of glory.
What remains today of these vicissitudes of war and palace intrigues that atmosphere is typical of Tuscan cities, buildings suspended between past and present, as if a part of them is not ever gone forward in time, which can instill tourists that visit serenity, calm, calm, relax and have many visitors who choose this wonderful city of art as a destination for their holidays, which offers thousands of historical monuments in surface sights, hotels, farms and b&bwhere you can spend a few hours in relax most comprehensive and in contact with nature, and a lot of tradition, thanks to cultural events and folklore that there are numerous all year round.
| Municipality of Siena | Provincia di Siena | |||
| Official of the City of Siena, contains useful information to live or visit Siena. | Official of the Province of Siena. Useful information about events and exhibitions. | |||
| Autostrade per l'Italia | Terre di Siena | |||
| Site of the company Autostrade per l'Italia, useful if you want to get to Siena by car. | Official of the provincial Tourist Promotion APT Siena. |
| For informations contact Siena-Online.net - Site Map