Old Siena, Italy (85/418)

Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants, transposing their rivalry with Florence to the area of urban planning, pursued a Gothic dream down the centuries, preserving the appearance their city had acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this period Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers and Simone Martini were shaping the paths of Italian and, more broadly, European art. The entire city, converging on the masterpiece of urban planning that is the Piazza del Campo, was devised as a work of art incorporated into the surrounding landscape.