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Coordinates: 43°19′6.14″N 11°19′42.57″E. Santa Maria della Scala (also referred to as the Hospital, Ospedale, and Spedale) is located in Siena, Italy. Now a museum, it was once an important civic hospital dedicated to caring for abandoned children, the poor, the sick, and pilgrims.
- 1900s
- University of Siena
- March 29, 1090 (possibly as early as 898)
Santa Maria della Scala in Siena is a stunning museum complex displaying many beautiful art works, as well as having great monumental areas. Visit Siena!
Siena, Italy. Follow. The large complex of Santa Maria della Scala, situated in the heart of Siena, in front of the cathedral, was one of the earliest European examples of a hospital,...
From an ancient hospital for pilgrims to an imposing museum collecting all of Siena's past. We are talking about Santa Maria della Scala: a monument that is well worth your time if you visit the city of the Palio, because it keeps extraordinarily intact evidence of a thousand years of history, with a path that starts from the Etruscan and Roman ...
Aug 9, 2022 · From ancient hospital to important Sienese museum. Santa Maria della Scala is a monumental complex located in the heart of the city of Siena, atop the Cathedral hill. The special position also determined its extraordinary layout on various levels, sloping down from the cathedral square to the valley behind.
At 19,000 square metres, the museum complex of Santa Maria della Scala stretches over a large part of Piazza del Duomo, opposite the cathedral, in the city’s historical centre. Inside are housed numerous collections of Etruscan, medieval, Renaissance and contemporary art. Today, the museum complex boasts more than 200,000 visitors a year.
Located in Piazza del Duomo, right in front of the famous city cathedral, Santa Maria della Scala in Siena is one of the most important museum complexes in the City of the Palio.
