Siena

Siena feels like a medieval heartbeat still pulsing beneath the brick. This was a city that rose fiercely in the Middle Ages, proud enough to challenge Florence again and again — and brilliant enough to win more than once. Dante knew Siena’s fire; in the Inferno he names its people with a mix of awe and warning, calling out their boldness, their extravagance, their refusal to be anything but themselves.Read more