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| Postcards from Tuscany |
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| Siena City View |
| Siena was one of the major cities of Europe during the Middle Ages, it controlled most of southern Tuscany and its industry dominated the trade routes from France to Rome. The city, about the size of Paris developed a sophisticated civic life, with its own written constitution and a quasi-democratic government. |
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