• Siena’s Museo Civico

The Civic Museum in the Palazzo Pubblico’s Cortile del Podesta specializes in Renaissance frescos painted by various masters. Among the vast collections are the magnificent 14e century Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Allegories of Good and Bad Government, and Simone Martini’s celebrated Virgin Mary in Majesty. Additional frescoes on display are those by Spinello and Parri Aretino, 16e century ceiling frescoes by Domenico Beccafumi, the 15e century frescoes by Taddeo di Bartolo, the Holy Family and St Leonard by Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, and Simone Martini’s 14e century fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano.