Il Battistero Siena - Residenza d'Epoca

SuiteThe name of this bedroom is testimony to the great Siennese architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini (1439-1502) who lived in the apartment as testified by the bust collocated in the façade of the building.

The suite has two windows overlooking the stunning Piazza San Giovanni, with a view of the entire Cathedral (Cathedral staircase, Baptistery of Siena), the top of the Torre del Mangia and the streets of ancient Siena. The furnishing of this bedroom is modern and there are paintings of Italian artists on the wall.

SuiteThe name of the bedroom derives from the view of this room. In fact, from the windows of this suite, you can admire the Baptistery and the Palazzo del Magnifico, also known as Palazzo Petrucci, which was the residence of Pandolfo Petrucci, a rich Sienese aristocrat that ruled the city from 1487 to 1512.

SuiteThe room is called Sant’Ansano (also known as “The Baptizer” or “The Apostle of Siena”) who is the patron of Siena, a son of the Anicii family of Rome. According to the legend, Ansano of the Roman family of the Anicii (or Anicia) was born in 284 a. C. Once he arrived in Siena, he evangelized the city, but, because of his activity of religious engagement, he was imprisoned in the tower of the Rocchetta and subjected to the torment of the boiling pitch in this place that he took the name from him. An epigraph is along the Fosso di Sant'Ansano, near to Piazzetta della Selva, and so to this room.