LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.comune.siena.it/

Population:
48,844

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Siena	1240

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Pope Alexander III	Religion	c. 1105	30-Aug-1181	Roman Catholic Pope, 1159-81
Pope Alexander VII	Religion	13-Feb-1599	22-May-1667	Roman Catholic Pope, 1655-67
Jacopo Della Quercia	Sculptor	c. 1374	20-Oct-1438	Influential early Renaissance sculptor
Duccio di Buoninsegna	Painter	c. 1260	c. 1318	Founder of the Sienese school
Simone Martini	Painter	c. 1284	1344	Sienese school painter
Baldassarre Peruzzi	Architect	7-Mar-1481	6-Jan-1536	Sienese architect, quadratura painter
Pope Pius III	Religion	9-May-1439	18-Oct-1503	Roman Catholic Pope, 1503

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Italo Calvino	Author	15-Oct-1923	18-Sep-1985	Se una notte d'inverno un viaggatore
Duccio di Buoninsegna	Painter	c. 1260	c. 1318	Founder of the Sienese school
Giovanni Pisano	Sculptor	c. 1250	c. 1314	Gothic Italian sculptor

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