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Complesso Museale Santa Maria della ScalavsDuomo di Siena
Both Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala and Siena Cathedral are rated very highly by professionals. On balance, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala scores significantly better than Siena Cathedral. Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala is ranked #1 in Siena with accolades from 5 publications such as Afar Magazine, Lonely Planet and Michelin Guide.
Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala
Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Afar Magazine
Michelin Guide
Frommer's
Piazza Duomo 2, 53100 Siena
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Fodor's "For more than 1,000 years, this complex across from the Duomo was home to Siena's hospital, but now it serves as a museum to display some terrific frescoes and other Sienese Renaissance treasures." Full review
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Don't miss della Quercia's original sculpted reliefs from the Fonte Gaia.
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Built as a hospice for pilgrims travelling the Via Francigena, this huge complex opposite the duomo dates from the 13th century." Full review
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Don't miss the atmospheric Archaeological Museum housed in the basement tunnels and the medieval fienile (hayloft) on level three, which houses Jacopo della Quercia's original Fonte Gaia sculptures.
Afar Magazine "Founded in the 9th century, Santa Maria della Scala was one of Europe’s first hospitals." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"The old Santa Maria della Scala hospital, built in the 10C and in use as a hospital until as recently as the 1990s, is now a museum and cultural centre housing exhibitions." Full review
Frommer's "Elsewhere in the hospital complex are other frescoes and altarpieces commissioned by the hospital as it acquired huge landholdings and considerable wealth over the centuries. " Full review
Duomo di Siena Fodor's Lonely Planet
Piazza del Duomo, 53100 Siena
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Fodor's "After it had lain unseen for possibly 700 years, a crypt was rediscovered under the grand pavimento (floor) of the Duomo during routine excavation work and was opened to the public in 2003. " Full review
Lonely Planet "The Baptistery is lined with 15th-century frescoes and centres around a hexagonal marble font by Jacopo della Quercia, decorated with bronze panels depicting the life of St John the Baptist." Full review
