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The abbey was founded at the beginning of the fourteenth century by Bernardo Tolomei after it joined the Benedictine order. The imposing religious complex is located in the southern town of Asciano, a green oasis on the edge ... more »
The Collegiate Sant'Agata is the main Asciano church in the province of Siena. It replaced, since 1029, the old Parish Sant'Ippolito. The current building dates to the twelfth-nineteenth century and is composed of a nav... more »
The Chapel of Saints Fabian and Sebastian is a sacred building that is located in Camparboli to Asciano. It is the most imposing road tabernacle of the entire territory of Asciano, showing still visible on the facade of th... more »
The church of Our Lady of Garden Camparboli (more properly Navitità church of the Virgin) is a sacred building that is located in Camparboli to Asciano. The building is old and was up to the eighteenth century chur... more »
The Monastery of St. Christopher to Rofeno is a sacred building that is located in Badia a Rofeno. The monastery is recalled since 1031. While the church types Cistercian architecture, the adjoining convent is presented w... more »
The Oratorio Society of the Holy Cross is a sacred building that is in front of the Basilica next to the church of sant'Agata The oratory has a homogeneous seventeenth century furniture and decorative all focused on the th... more »
The Church of Sant'Ippolito was once located outside of the village, and originally a basilica plan, the church is now privately owned and reduced to a single aisle. The altar is decorated with a fresco of the Madonna and ... more »
The church of San Bernardino is a sacred building that is in Corso Matteotti. It was once dedicated to St. John the Baptist and Commenda belonged to the Knights of Malta, which were entered into possession after the suppre... more »
The church of St. Francis was erected, with the large convent, in the thirteenth century on the ruins of medieval keep. Confirm this date remains on the walls of the nave and central chapel, frescoes of the second half of the... more »
The church of St. Augustine is a sacred building that is in Corsican Matteotti. It was built in the thirteenth century with the adjoining convent of the Augustinian friars became private as a result of the deletions Napoleon... more »
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