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Abbazia di San Salvatore Localita San Salvatore, Colle di Val d'Elsa, 53034 | ![]() |
According to tradition this church was built in 743, although the current church was rebuilt in a Romanesque form in the eleventh century and was renovated in the sixteenth century...
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Antiporto di Camollia Piazza Saracini, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
Outside the walls, 350 m.from the Porta bearing the same name, an Anteporto called di Camollia was built in 1270. Formerly the Antiporto had one only door and a second one has been joined by a ribbed vault. Inside taces ... more
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Archivio di Stato Banchi Di Sotto, 52, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
Just as dazzlingly, a second room in the Archivio has a display of archival documents all related to the text of Dante's Commedia, including a copy of one of Boniface VIII's papal bulls, a manuscript with someone's favor... more
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Archivio Storico Comune Via del Fosso di Sant'Ansano, 3, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
Archivio di Stato di Cuneo, Archivio di Stato di Torino, Archivio di Stato di Bolzano, Archivio di Stato di Prato, Fondazione San Paolo di Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense di Milano, Archivio di Stato di Verona, Ar... more
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Badia a Marturi Poggio Marturi, Poggibonsi, 53036 | ![]() |
The abbey is mentioned in the gift of the marquis Ugo di Toscana to the Benedectine since 998.The cloister,built in the 11th century,is the rest of the original abbey.The fortified complexe has been restored during the 1... more
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Basilica di San Domenico Piazza San Domenico, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
(Chapel of St. Catherine) halfway down the right wall was frescoed with scenes from the saint's life. All except the right wall (where in 1593 Francesco Vanni painted Catherine performing an exorcism) were frescoed by So... more
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Basilica di San Francesco Piazza San Francesco, Arezzo, 52100 | ![]() |
I was determined to see this chapel last summer while driving through Tuscany. These frescoes were magnificent. We had a hard time finding the place since a lot of the citizens of Arezzo did not know where this place was... more
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Basilica Santa Maria dei Servi Piazza Manzoni, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
The basilica is in the classic three nave Latin cross design and has an unusual history in that almost 150 years separated the start of construction from the consecration of...
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Battistero di San Giovanni Piazza San Giovanni, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
Learn Italian at our language school in San Giovanni Valdarno, a beautiful medieval town in the heart of Tuscany. With just 17,000 inhabitants, San Giovanni is untouched by tourism and is a quiet, friendly location in wh... more
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Biblioteca degli Intronati Via Della Sapienza, 5, Siena, 53100 | ![]() |
The library was founded in 1759 and has a collection of more than 4000 manuscripts, incunabula, illuminated books, the letters of St. Catherine, and the sketchbooks of Francesco...
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