Salone dei Cinquecento, Hall of the Five Hundred
Salone dei Cinquecento, Hall of the Five Hundred 
Palazzo Vecchio (Florence Town Hall)

The storming of the fortress near Porta Camollia in Siena (1570)
Giorgio Vasari (1511 - 1574)
Fresco painting
During the night of the 26th of January 1554 the Duke’s army attacks one of the Sienese forts, near Porta Camollia, catching the guards in their sleep: this marked the start of the war with Siena. “And the lord Duke acquired much respect, having demonstrated not only his burning desire to challenge his enemy on their home turf but also his incomparable prudence having managed his strategy in silence and with great guile.

Capture of Porto Ercole is the smaller painting by also the Italian artist Giorgio Vasari. It was created between 1568 and 1570. Vasari was born in Arezzo and died in Florence. The painting depicts the taking of the port of Ercole, which was an event in the Siena War. The port was taken after the city of Siena was taken on April 21, 1555. 
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