Buonconvento is a small delightful village in the Crete Senese. It has app. 3000 habitants and a small, but attractive historical center where the church, the town hall and two museums are established.Though partially destroyed in WWII, the little town of Buonconvento is almost completely surrounded by walls built starting in 1371. They served as necessary protection since Buonconvento, as its name suggests, (translated to "happy place) was positioned well for trade and commercial activities. After it suffered several invasions, the wall was built with 9 watch towers (seven of which are still standing) and only two gates with thick wooden doors with iron fittings: Porta Senese on the northern side, toward Siena, and Porta Romana on the south, destroyed in 1944 by the retreating Germans.