The Republic of Siena was a historic state consisting of the city of Siena and southern Tuscany in central Italy, existing for over four hundred years from 1125 to 1555. It gradually expanded throughout southern Tuscany and became one of the major economic powers of the Middle Ages, ranking among the most important commercial, financial and artistic centers in Europe; from 1287 to 1355, under the rule of the Noveschi, the republic experienced a period of great political and economic splendor. Plague driven economic collapse and political instability eventually led to its absorption into Florence, culminating in its surrender on 21 April 1555.
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Source Wikipedia: Republic of Siena
Source Wikipedia: Republic of Siena
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Society and Culture Atlas: Republic, government type there.
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1. Wikipedia: Republic of Siena
End of the Republic section
ceded Siena's entire territory to the Duchy of Florence (apart from a series of coastal fortress annexed to the State of the Presidi), with which it was merged in 1569 to form the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.
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Government: Oligarchic classical republic
In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Republic of Siena (, ) was a historic state consisting of the city of Siena and southern Tuscany, Central Italy. It existed for over 400 years,
In Era: The Early Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Republic of Siena (, ) was a historic state consisting of the city of Siena and southern Tuscany, Central Italy. It existed for over 400 years,
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