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Basilica of San Francesco, Siena
Basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Francesco is a basilica church in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.
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It was erected in c. 1228-1255 and later enlarged in the 14th-15th centuries, the original Romanesque edifice being turned into the current large Gothic one.