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But ah, Siena, you are luckiest in the root and stem whence
In the Sala della Pace (Hall of Peace, council chamber of the Nine Patricians), the full force of Siena’s civic pride strikes home in the impressive allegorical frescoes (1337–1339) by another local master, Ambrogio Lorenzetti.
A time-locked city of rich russet browns and weathered ochres, Siena is as perfectly medieval as greystone Florence is a Renaissance showcase, yet contrasts with its centuries-old rival to the north are striking and inevitable.
South of Siena is a little trammeled niche of Tuscany and some of the region’s most attractive hill towns with excellent local wines.
Some 30 years later, the Annunciation triptych of Simone Martini, with Mary shying away from archangel Gabriel, has the characteristic elegance and poetry of his Siena school.