Episcopal Palace, Siena

The neo-Gothic architecture building is located adjacent to the Cathedral of Siena.

Before 1660, this building to the Northeast flank of the Cathedral entrance housed the canons and the rector or the cathedral, while the bishop lived in a palace at the southwest flank of the church.

The site was reconfigured in the mid 17th-century, during the reign of the Pope Alexander VII (1655-1667), when the bishop's palaze was razed, and this palace was enlarged and refurbished.

The loggia linking the former palace to the cathedral was built into an adjoining wing.

The portal leads to an atrium with dual ascending staircases.