SienaAn authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best loved and most visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating landscape between the wine producing region of Chianti to the north and the truffle filled woods of the Crete Senesi to the south Siena is as much a magnet for contemporary tourism as Florence. However, its proud republican past presents an intriguing