Siena (Tuscany);  pop. 50,000 [ MAP ]

  

 

Belcaro is one of the most splendid fortified villa of the 14th C which remain to us. From the beautiful rampart over the age-old ilexes there is  today one of the most splendid views of Siena, with the city herself in the distance. In a small room at the end of this noble pacing is a picture if the Madonna with Saints by Cozzarelli.

Peruzzi's frescos in the chapel have been spoilt, but in a chamber on the ground-floor of the fortification is a ceiling frescoed by his hand with the Judgment of Paris.