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Libreria Piccolomini is built inside a seperate room of the " Duomo Santa Maria Assunta "
You have to pay an entrance-fee of about 2 € at the desk and may enter the Libreria Piccolomini through the door on my picture..
And when you click on my picture, you may as well see the giant dimensions of the Duomo and the fescos at the wall. Don't oversee the 2 sculptured heads on top of the arch.
Updated Mar 9, 2005
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The libreria is mainly well known for its great frescos covering all the walls and the ceiling
and for its books - all of them handwritten and decorated with wonderful ornaments.
When you click on the pic, you will see the row of books - all of them opened and showing their beautiful contents
Updated Apr 20, 2003
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Pinturicchio made these frescos within 7 years ( 1502 - 09 )
They show all important stations in the life of Pope Pius II ( the uncle of the founder of the library )
Updated Apr 20, 2003
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The Liberia Piccolomini was founded by pope Pius III in the year 1495.
Pius III - he originated from Siena and his legal name was Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini.
Updated Apr 20, 2003
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Siena: a good place to learn Italian :-)
So this was my “entry” into famed Toscana. I don’t like the Toscana very much, especially because of the hype people create around it. It is as if many non Italians reduce Italy to Toscana only and......
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The very first view I had at the town of Siena was indeed spectacular. I came to town around 7:00PM and have parked my car next to the huge fortress of Medici, opposite to which, on the next hilltop,...
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Siena deserves to be one of the top tourist attractions in Tuscany. Even filled to the brim with tour groups it is still enchanting. Surely no one can fail to be captivated by the wonderful Piazza del...
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