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Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
At a glance
- Type
- Historic village
- Elevation
- 147 m above sea level
- Area
- 64,840,000 m²
- Coordinates
- 43°07′60″ N, 11°28′60″ E
History and description
Buonconvento is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Florence and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Siena in the area known as the Crete Senesi. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
Buonconvento (from the Latin bonus conventus, "happy place") is mentioned for the first time in 1100. In 1313 the German emperor Henry VII died here.
It was surrounded by a line of walls starting from 1371, carried on by the Republic of Siena to which it belonged until 1559, when it became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. It was annexed to Italy in 1861.
Main sights
The local museum of art, the Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia, houses works by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pietro Lorenzetti, Andrea di Bartolo, Matteo di Giovanni and other Tuscan painters, taken from local churches. The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo has a Madonna Enthroned with Child (c. 1450) by Matteo di Giovanni and an early-fifteenth century fresco of the Sienese school. The fortified pieve of Sant'Innocenza a Piana dates from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Most of Buonconvento's frazioni house medieval or Renaissance castles.
The church of St. Lawrence in Bibbiano has a cyborium by Ventura Salimbeni.
Text from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Full article: «Buonconvento».
Photos
Getting there
BuonconventoTrain, nearest
200 m as the crow flies
Buonconvento
Distances are as the crow flies, not walking or driving.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is Buonconvento?
Buonconvento is in Buonconvento, in the province of Siena (Tuscany), Italy. GPS coordinates: 43.13333, 11.48333.
What else is there to see near Buonconvento?
Nearby you’ll find: Museo della Mezzadria senese (600 m away), Sacred Art Museum of the Arbia Valley (600 m away), Castello di Castelrosi (1.1 km away).
Sources and licences
Text. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Data. Wikidata (CC0); opening hours and contacts OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Photos. Wikimedia Commons, author and licence on every image.
Credits for the 7 photos
- Buonconvento, mura lato est 03 — Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Buonconvento - Comune di Buonconvento - 2023-09-21 10-59-04 001 — Albarubescens, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Buonconvento - Comune di Buonconvento - 2024-09-29 09-23-38 001 — Greymouser, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Buonconvento, campanella con rana — Sailko, CC BY 3.0
- Buonconvento1 — Matthias Holländer, Copyrighted free use
- Combine harvester for collecting sunflower seeds, in Siena countryside — Albarubescens, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo Wheat harvesting 1960 - Touring Club Italiano 1.2813 — Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0
Updated 28 October 2026. All sources and licences