San Pietro alla Magione Church

Perhaps the most evocative image in the city, regarding "Siena daughter of the road".

"Magione" is an old-fashioned word of Italian language, no longer in use today, coming from the Latin "mansio"; while the French correspondent "maison" is still used in common language to say "home". ...

Nice little church

A nice little church, San Pietro alla Magione was built in the 12th century in a Romanesque style. It is worth a peek if you are walking along Via Camollia.

Single nave church with a stone exterior facade and largely unadorned interior.

This church is located along the via Camollia and at one time was used by the Contrada Istrice. The Istrice Baptisimal Fountain is still located on the side of this church in the via Malta. Documen...

Cool medieval church

This chirch looks quite medieval from outside. We passed by this church on our way back to the train station. It is a cool church and we noticed that passers by tend to take a pittstop here.

All made in stone

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The old church is on the Camolla Via, made in stone, date of the year 1000. It is small and cosy.