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Siena, cityscape Siena is an Italian town, the capital of the homonymous province in Tuscany. The city is universally known for its huge historical, artistic, scenic heritage and for its substantial stylistic unity of medieval urban furniture, as well as for the famous Palio. In 1995 its historic center was included by UNESCO in the World Heritage. The city is home to the Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, founded in 1472 and therefore the oldest bank in operation and the longest in the world. n the top of the hill overlooking the village of Torri a Sovicille, there is the prehistoric Neolithic settlement of Sienavecchia. The name of Sienavecchia seems to actually date back to the ancient multicentric group of the Etruscan Saenae. According to legend, Romulus sent his captains Camellio and Montorio to win Ascanio (or Aschio) and Senio, supposed sons of Remus and founders of a village of the Saenae; Camellio, for his part, founded the nucleus of Cammollia and Montorio founded Castelmontorio. Instead, the nearby village of Brenna (Sovicille), according to tradition, owes its name to the well-known Brennian chief of the Senoni Gauls, who reached the region after being driven out of Rome at the beginning of the 4th century BC. of Siena founded as a Roman colony, at the time of the Emperor Augustus, known as Saena Iulia. Inside the historical center of Siena, some Etruscan sites have been found, which can make one think of the Etruscan foundation of the city. According to authoritative studies, the name Siena can derive from the Etruscan noble Saina / Seina, attested epigraphically in Montalcino, Chiusi and Perugia.