The Duomo...

After dropping our bags at the hotel (which was sadly unimpressive), we ate lunch on an outside terrace. Then Veronica joined the adults for a visit to the Duomo (cathedral) of Siena, built in the early 1200s.

There were some beautiful mosaic floors, but what really impressed me was the Piccolomini Library, housing a collection of illuminated choir books and frescoes. This amazing ceiling of mythological subjects was finished in 1503.

Carolyn & Veronica rest
on the Duomo steps