Monte San Savino
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Monte San Savino was one of the first urban settlements in Tuscany, Italy. It originated around 1100, but a further century had to pass before Monte San Savino could be considered a centre of a certain social, political and cultural importance of Tuscany in those times.
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Main sights
- Palazzo di Monte
- Logge dei Mercanti
- Palazzo Pretorio
- Cassero
- Santi Tiburzio and Susanna: 13th-century church at Gargonza, housing Tuscan Renaissance paintings.
- Church of the Misericordia (1175, rebuilt in 1749). Its organ is one of the most ancient in Italy.
- Church of the Compagnia del Suffragio: closed 17th-century church with 19th-century frescoes by Luigi Ademollo
- Sant'Agostino early 14th century, enlarged in the 16th century). Conventhas a cloister from 1532. Both the church and the cloister were renovated by Andrea Sansovino (who was born here) in the early 16th century. The interior houses paintings by Spinello Aretino's school, by Paolo Schiavo and one Assumption by Giorgio Vasari.
- Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Vertighe, rebuilt in the 16th century. It houses a fresco of the Virgin Enthroned with Child by Margaritone d'Arezzo and a diptych (1520) by Ghirlandaio.
Notable people
- Pope Julius III
- Angelo Fantoni, Catholic priest and exorcist
- Giulio Salvadori, poet and educator
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