Santa Maria della Scala, Siena

Santa Maria della Scala in Siena is opposite the Cathedral. For centuries it housed Siena's largest hospital. It has now been converted into an art gallery. In the Santa Maria della Scala Hospital the most precious is the cycle of frescoes by Vecchietta and Domenico di Bartolo. The frescoes were created thanks to donations of the hospital and is dedicated to the history of the hospital and gives the opportunity to see the daily life of the Sienese of the fifteenth century.