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Madonna and Child
The Wolf of Fonte Gaia
Source: Gaia
Source: Gaia
Source: Gaia
Piazza del Campo
Sansedoni Palace
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The She-Wolf Suckling Twins (Senio and Aschio)
Statues on the façade of the cathedral
Pillar on the façade of the cathedral
Statues on the right-hand pillar of the cathedral
The Gothic decorations of the Cathedral
The main entrance to the Archbishop’s Palace
A roaring lion
Marble inlay
Marble inlay
The foliage of a column
The right-hand splayed portal of the Cathedral
Polychrome marble rose window

A Carrara marble bas-relief depicting the Madonna and Child Enthroned, set into a wall at Fonte Gaia in Piazza del Campo

A profile of a wolf spouting water from its mouth, situated next to the Fonte Gaia in Piazza del Campo

In the centre of the long wall of Fonte Gaia in Piazza del Campo is a bas-relief of the Madonna and Child, flanked by Angels and the Virtues

On the right, a panel from Fonte Gaia depicting a rampant lion, the ancient emblem of the People

Panels featuring statues on the walls of Fonte Gaia in Piazza del Campo, by Jacopo della Quercia

A panoramic view of the ancient noble palaces in Piazza del Campo, arranged in a semicircle side by side

The brick façade of Palazzo Sansedoni, featuring numerous three-light windows, was restored in the 1700s by Ferdinando Ruggieri (architect)

A column topped by the she-wolf suckling the twins Senio and Aschio, and the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Piazza del Duomo

The She-Wolf suckling twins (Senio and Aschio), mounted on a column in Piazza del Duomo

Statues adorning the majestic façade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Piazza del Duomo, by Giovanni Pisano

One of the pillars of the cathedral’s Gothic façade, featuring pointed arches, pinnacles and protomes

Three marble statues on the right-hand pillar of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta

The Gothic decorations of the cathedral, including, on the right, a statue of a lion

Piazza del Duomo and the black-and-white-banded marble pointed arch, in the Sienese Gothic style, which surmounts the entrance to the Archbishop’s Palace

A statue of a roaring lion on the façade of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Piazza del Duomo

Part of a marble inlay on the floor at the entrance to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Piazza del Duomo

A marble inlay set into the floor outside the entrance to the Cathedral, depicting an ordination ceremony

The foliage on a twisted column, situated next to the central portal of the cathedral

The twisted columns of the right splayed portal of the Cathedral, in the Flourished Gothic style

A polychrome marble floor dating from 1374, depicting a rose window with columns and pointed arches, with the imperial eagle at its centre, located in the central nave of the cathedral

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