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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Siena' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| Siena (/sixcbx88xc9x9bnxc9x99/ see-EN-xc9x99, Italian:xc2xa0[xcbx88sjxc9x9bxcbx90na, xcbx88sjexcbx90na] (listen);[4] in English sometimes spelled Sienna; Latin: Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. | WIKI |
| The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuries. | WIKI |
| It produced also some of the greatest Italian painters, such as Duccio, Simone Martini and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, in which many of their masterpieces can be found in the city's museums, in particular in the Pinacoteca Nazionale. | WIKI |
| At this point, the city was inundated with a swarm of Frankish overseers who married into the existing Sienese nobility and left a legacy that can be seen in the abbeys they founded throughout Sienese territory. | WIKI |
| During the golden age of Siena before the Black Death in 1348, the city was home to 50,000 people. | WIKI |
| The city lies at 322xc2xa0m (1,056xc2xa0ft) above sea level. | WIKI |
| Two walls of this expanded eastern transept remain; through an internal staircase, visitors can climb for a grand view of the city. | WIKI |
| Other churches in the city include: | WIKI |
| The city's gardens include the Orto Botanico dell'Universitxc3xa0 di Siena, a botanical garden maintained by the University of Siena. | WIKI |
| Ten randomly selected from 17 Contrade (which are city neighbourhoods originally formed as battalions for the city's defence) vie for the trophy: a painted banner, or Palio bearing an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. | WIKI |
| And his Madonna and Child with Saints polyptych, painted between 1311 and 1318, remains at the city's Pinacoteca Nazionale. | WIKI |
| The city co-hosted the EuroBasket 1979. | WIKI |
| The finish is on the Piazza del Campo, after a steep and narrow climb on the roughly paved Via Santa Caterina leading into the center of the medieval city. | WIKI |
| A series of escalators connects the train station with the old city on top of hill. | WIKI |
| Almost no automobile traffic is permitted within the city centre. | WIKI |
| Commercial traffic is permitted within the city only during morning hours. | WIKI |
| The Historic Centre of Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. | UNESCO |
| Throughout the centuries, the city has preserved its Gothic appearance acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. | UNESCO |
| This Tuscan city developed on three hills connected by three major streets forming a Y-shape and intersecting in a valley that became the Piazza del Campo. | UNESCO |
| Also of note are the cityxe2x80x99s fountains that continue to be fed by an extensive system of original tunnels. | UNESCO |
| Sienaxe2x80x99s distinctive Gothic style is illustrated by the quintessential Sienese arch, introduced to the city from the East during the Crusades. | UNESCO |
| Siena is an outstanding medieval city that has preserved its character and quality to a remarkable degree. | UNESCO |
| The city had substantial influence on art, architecture and town planning during the Middle Ages, both in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. | UNESCO |
| The city is a masterwork of dedication and inventiveness in which the buildings have been designed to fit into the overall planned urban fabric and also to form a whole with the surrounding cultural landscape. | UNESCO |
| These walls follow the contours of the three hills on which the city is built and continue to include their bastions, towers and gates. | UNESCO |
| The Historic Centre of Siena is vulnerable to environmental pollution and intense tourist pressure, which strain city services during a few months of the year. | UNESCO |
| This can be explained in part by the fact that the city did not suffer serious war damage and has been spared from modern industrial development in part because it remains outside the countryxe2x80x99s large development areas. | UNESCO |
| The environs of the city have been subjected to only small-scale interventions, such as projects undertaken during the 19th century, which have become integral parts of its present historical authenticity. | UNESCO |
| As a result of these factors, the original urban form of the city, with its 15th-century street plan, has been retained along with the Gothic design of its public buildings, palaces and towerhouses. | UNESCO |
| Traditional activities continue in specific areas of the city as they did in the Middle Ages, as seen along Banchi di Sopra and Banchi di Sotto. | UNESCO |
| Recently, implementation tools for the municipal planning and relevant regulations, which introduce the definition of the old city xe2x80x9cUNESCO Sitexe2x80x9d, have been approved. | UNESCO |
| These tools recognize the need to maintain the cityxe2x80x99s role as a representative place in terms of local identity. | UNESCO |
| City parks are enhanced through a re-evaluation of public gardens to maintain the ancient relationship between the walled city and its surrounding green valleys. | UNESCO |
| Finally, with the unique support from xe2x80x9ccontradexe2x80x9d, the current urban planning safeguards the social and cultural aspects of the city through the promotion of a policy to recover the traditional residential use of buildings within the old town. | UNESCO |