Church of Santa Maria Assunta, Piancastagnaio

Name: Church of Santa Maria Assunta
Address: Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1, Piancastagnaio, 53025, Italy
Telephone: +39 0577 786074

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The parish church of Santa Maria Assunta is a sacred building located in Piancastagnaio.

It is documented from 1188. The entrance is on the left side, where some single-light windows remain. It has a single nave with filaretto masonry, truss roofing and three transverse ogival arches, and crenellated Romanesque bell tower.

The chapel of the Blessed Sacrament is a Baroque room with frescoes, a monolithic immersion basin and a 15th-16th century baptismal font. That of the Santissima Annunziata has a Baroque wooden altarpiece adorned with the Annunciation; below is a wooden Dead Christ by Pasquale Leoncini. On the right wall is a stone pulpit. In the main chapel, a 15th-century tabernacle for Holy Oil. In the sacristy, a fresco of the Pietà with Saints Francis and Rocco by Francesco Nasini.

Local name: Pieve di Santa Maria AssuntaCoordinates: 42°50'54"N, 11°41'34"E

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Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 1Piancastagnaio 53025 Italy

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+39 0577 786074

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Nearby attractions include San Filippo Neri, Piancastagnaio (3 min walk), Santuario della Madonna di San Pietro, Piancastagnaio (15 min walk).