Stone buildings and church on landscape covered with trees; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Large decorative cathedral with striped tower and blue sky; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Stone statue with stain glass window in background in a church; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Close-up of wooden door knocker with metal ring on old wooden door; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Narrow street between residential buildings; Florence, Italy

Close-up of decorative and ornate facade of Siena Cathedral with blue sky and clouds; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Tall striped tower of Siena Cathedral with dome, blue sky and clouds in the background; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Backlit Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) and Mangia Tower with sunburst and blue sky; Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Stairwell, Siena, Italy

Window in stone wall, Siena, Italy

A female tourist looks out the window at the walled medieval village of San Gimignano; San Gimignano, Province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Fountain on Street Florence Tuscany Italy

Marble Pulpit, Siena, Italy

Cathedral High Altar, Siena, Italy

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Torch-Holder from the Palazzo del Magnifico at Siena, c. 1500.

Traveling to Florence

Artifacts - Door - Italy Door at Mont` Oliveto near Siena. By Fra Giovanni da Verona (1455-1524).

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy "The Resurrection of the Virgin" A fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico at Siena (a town in Northern Italy, south of Florence) by Taddeco di Bartolo (1363-1422. )

Artifacts - Silver - Italy Reliquary in Silver. By Ugolino of Siena, c. 1380 A reliquary was used to store blessed relics - pieces of a deceased holy person`s body or belongings - for purposes of reverence.

Patterns & Motifs - Italy - line art Wood-Carving in Relief by Antonio Barile of Siena (ÿ 1516). In the year the artist died, Erasmus published the New Testament of the Bible with Greek and Latin text and Sir Thomas More wrote "Utopia"

Tourists standing at Leaning Tower of Pisa, Tuscany Italy

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Allegorical representation of the City of Pisa by Giovanni Pisano (1230-1314) in the Baptistery at Pisa. The sculptor was the son of Niccol~ Pisano. He rejected his citizenship of Pisa in 1285 and became a citizen of Siena

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy "The Burial of the Virgin" from the Altarpiece by Duccio Di Buoninsegna (mid 13th century - c. 1318) in the Duomo at Siena (a town in Northern Italy, south of Florence). The artist was a master of the then na

Paintings & Engravings - Engraving - Italy From the Altarpiece by Duccio Di Buoninsegna (mid 13th century - c. 1318) in the Duomo at Siena (a town in Northern Italy, south of Florence). The artist was a master of the then nascent Gothic style. This is a

Street of Siena, Tuscany, Italy