抄録
This paper is a study about the history of the urban development of Siena. Foundation of religious institution and construction of city walls provide the dates to prove the variant periods in the development of the borghi, and thus, of the city. This article shall define those stages, comparing relation and succession of those public-oriented constructions. According to this analysis, borghi were generated in two phases : the first from the 11th to the 12th century along the via Francigena, and the second from the 13th to the 15th century in the outskirts of the city, which were dominated by monasteries.