Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City, Jane Stevenson

Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City, Jane StevensonNew Paperback An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best loved and most visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape, Siena is as much a magnet for contemporary tourism as Florence. However, its proud republican past presents an intriguing contrast with its Medici dominated northern Tuscan rival, with which it tussled for local supremacy for

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