Name: Prepositura di San Michele Arcangelo
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Location: Chiusdino, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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1. View of Frosini – Abbey of San Galgano loop from Monticiano

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2. Abbey of San Galgano – Abbey of San Galgano loop from Chiusdino

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3. Abbey of San Galgano – Abbey of San Galgano loop from Chiusdino

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scaurum

September 20, 2024

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel is interesting both for its position at the top of the village and for its external architectural features dating back to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

It has undergone extensive structural revisions several times, in

1964 the interior was radically modified, also with improper materials; a subsequent intervention in 2001-2003 restored it to a better balance. Copies of the paintings by Pietro Sorri (St. Galgano in prayer) and Alessandro Casolani (Madonna del Rosario) are kept in the church; the originals are kept in the Chiusdino Museum,

Not far from the church.

The church preserves the relic of the head of San Galgano, given to the people of Chiusdino in 1977 after having spent a long time in the "Opera del Duomo" museum in Siena; the relic is kept in the same period the silver case made by the goldsmith Bino Bini, who wants to summon the stone in which the sword of the saint was

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Björn

October 8, 2024

Prepositura di San Michele Arcangelo - medieval church in the town centre, which was restored and significantly modified in 1964. Contains the head of St. San Galgano as a relic

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Location: Chiusdino, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Prepositura di San Michele Arcangelo

1. View of Frosini – Abbey of San Galgano loop from Monticiano

2. Abbey of San Galgano – Abbey of San Galgano loop from Chiusdino

3. Abbey of San Galgano – Abbey of San Galgano loop from Chiusdino

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