Andrys Basten | profile | all galleries >> ITALY Photos - Tuscany photos - 2006 (partial) >> Siena Photos, Part 1 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Pictures of Siena's Duomo (Cathedral), Baptistery, and view from The Museo dell'Opera's Facciatone
Also, a visit to the Church of San Domenico with its renown chapel
(More info links will be added later) |
Beautiful city. Motorcycles are everywhere in Italy, almost. |
Walking Siena |
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Through Siena Cathedral/Duomo area entrance |
Entrance to Duomo area |
Entrance reflected on huge vehicle rear-view mirror |
The Siena Duomo bell tower |
Closer |
Statues are all around the top and sides. |
Said to be of prophets, philosphers, patriarchs |
Romulus, Remus and the She-wolf |
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Romulus, Remus and the She-wolf, closer up |
In front of cathedral |
Closer up - Faces behind are huge. |
People in Italy tend to look cool and dress sharply. |
Inside Siena's startling Duomo (non-flash allowed) |
Nave - was happy they allow non-flash photos |
"Marble pavement" 'Story of Fortune' - first panel we saw in the Duomo |
Gorgeous painting above doors |
It's by Pinturicchio: Coronation of Pope Pius II |
Statue at right, in a dark corner, barely visible |
Columns upon columns ! ( Rose Window at front) |
Rose window: Duccio di Buoninsegna, or Cimabue) |
Floor is amazing - marble mosaic |
From Massacre of the Innocents, inlaid marble pavement |
Strange smiles in horror scene from Massacre of the Innocents |
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Poor camera exposure - lion on pulpit by Pisano |
Mosaic-tile elephant within marble panel on floor |
Enjoying the exterior |
Common expressions |
Museo Del Duomo - restored orig'l rose window |
On way up to Facciatone at the museum |
From that window. Under Reconstruction, alas |
Facciatone panoramic view area at top of stairway |
Famous Piazza del Campo below. |
On the other side of the Mangia Tower |
Lunette bas-relief by Giovanni d'Agostino |
Another area, from Facciatone. 300mm with ISO 1600 error. |
Left ISO at 1600, aarggh, after church interior shots |
Ever-present cranes in older Italy |
Mangia Tower, Palazzo Pubblico (ISO goof) |
rooftops below |
A wider view from the Facciatone |
Baptistery Font - Ghiberti's baptism of Jesus |
Ghiberti's Baptism of Jesus closer up (darker but better detail) |
Birth of St. John the Baptist (Turino) |
Closer up (Turino) |
Arrest of St. John the Baptist (Ghiberti) |
Earlier that morning at Borgo Grondaie lodging |
Rest stop on the way to Siena |
First church we saw - San Domenico's |
Very spare presentation, which is rare |
Anyone with info on this effective, rougher piece? |
A guest says the second figure is John the Baptist |
Still in San Domenico church |
A very faded fresco there with interesting faces |
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