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Siena Cathedral: Opera Laboratori Secures Jobs for Siena Viva Staff

In Siena, Opera Laboratori S.p.A. is taking on all staff previously employed by Siena Viva in the museum services of the Duomo complex. The move, announced today, represents a further development in the collaboration between Opera Laboratori S.p.A. a...
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The National Museums of Siena Acquire a Masterpiece by Rutilio Manetti: *The Allegory of the Four Seasons*

Rome, 1621. That year, the physician, scholar, and collector Giulio Mancini took an interest in a large canvas by Rutilio Manetti (Siena, 1571–1639) that had recently arrived in the city: it wasthe Allegory of the Four Seasons, painted by the S...
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Siena and the Art of Bronze: A Major Exhibition on Sienese Renaissance Sculpture at the Frick Collection

From October 15, 2026, to January 18, 2027, the Frick Collection in New York will host the first exhibition entirely dedicated to Siena’s role as a center of artistic excellence and technical innovation in Italian Renaissance bronze sculpture. Titled...
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Siena: Want to visit the Torre del Mangia on your own? You'll have to pay 2,000 euros.

The City Council of Siena has approved the regulations establishing a comprehensive framework for special openings of the Civic Museum and exclusive tours of the Torre del Mangia. The resolution, approved by the City Council during its session on Tue...
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Siena: The Drappellone for the July 2 Palio, painted by Ismaele Nones, was unveiled

On the afternoon of Thursday, June 26, in Siena, the Drappellone for the Palio of July 2, 2026, was unveiled. The work, created by one of Italy’s most acclaimed young painters, Ismaele Nones, is destined to be displayed in the museum of the Con...
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The Floor of Siena Cathedral Is Unveiled Once Again: A Journey Through Art, Faith, and Wisdom in the Year of St. Francis

To celebratethe Year of St. Francis, proclaimed by Pope Leo XIV on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the death of the Saint of Assisi, the Archdiocese of Siena–Colle Val d’Elsa–Montalcino and theOpera della Metropolitana di Siena are ann...
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The clay tablets from Poggio Civitate return to Siena forty years after their first exhibition

Forty years after their first exhibition, the terracotta slabs from Poggio Civitate return to Siena with the exhibition *Horses and Power*, scheduled from June 20 to July 18, 2026, in the exhibition spaces of Palazzo Sansedoni, home to the MPS Founda...
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Siena Cathedral: Medieval Frescoes and Single-Lens Windows Resurface at the San Giovannino Construction Site

An official visit took place this morning at the construction siteof the Oratory of Saints Giovannino and Gennaro, on Via dei Fusari in Siena, as part of the restoration, safety, and enhancement project promotedby the Opera della Metropolitana di Sie...
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