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Tuscany Tour

A fantastic sightseeing journey from Florence to Siena, San Gimignano and Pisa with lunch at Fattoria Poggio Alloro Farm and Winery!
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Siena Duomo 1215-Adorned with patriarchs and prophets, studded with roaring gargoyles, and topped with prickly pinnacles
Siena Duomo 1215-Adorned with patriarchs and prophets, studded with roaring gargoyles, and topped with prickly pinnacles		 Siena Duomo close up of how facade's upper half is full-blown Gothic
Siena Duomo close up of how facade's upper half is full-blown Gothic		 Capitoline Wolf at Siena Duomo Legend is Siena was founded by Senius & Aschius, twin sons of Remus, who fled Rome with it
Capitoline Wolf at Siena Duomo Legend is Siena was founded by Senius & Aschius, twin sons of Remus, who fled Rome with it		 Siena The Duomo is certainly grand but it's actually the rump of a failed vision
Siena The Duomo is certainly grand but it's actually the rump of a failed vision
White and Black (actually really dark green) marble was used to build the 250ft church's bell tower around 131
White and Black (actually really dark green) marble was used to build the 250ft church's bell tower around 131		 Unfinished expantion of Duomo meant to make it larger than Florence's Duomo, ended in disaster known as Black Death
Unfinished expantion of Duomo meant to make it larger than Florence's Duomo, ended in disaster known as Black Death		 St. John's Baptistry behind the Duomo-Steps to the Unfinished Wall of St. Catherine leading up past the Crypt
St. John's Baptistry behind the Duomo-Steps to the Unfinished Wall of St. Catherine leading up past the Crypt 		Siena Bells on the tops of the buildings all around the Duomo and town
Siena Bells on the tops of the buildings all around the Duomo and town
Inside the church is unique with a forest of striped columns and a row of 172 popes peering down
Inside the church is unique with a forest of striped columns and a row of 172 popes peering down		 Siena The rose window, 1288, is 20 ft across in a kaleidoscope of colors and intricate designs
Siena The rose window, 1288, is 20 ft across in a kaleidoscope of colors and intricate designs		 Built a century before Brunelleschi's Dome, Coffered ceiling is not sunken panels but a painted illusion to make it look taller
Built a century before Brunelleschi's Dome, Coffered ceiling is not sunken panels but a painted illusion to make it look taller		 60-foot-tall flagpole during battle of Montaperti (1260) a Sienese spy, brought the Florence flag down causing panic & defeat
60-foot-tall flagpole during battle of Montaperti (1260) a Sienese spy, brought the Florence flag down causing panic & defeat
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