Monte San Savino
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| Comune di Monte San Savino | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Toscana |
| Province | Arezzo (AR) |
| Mayor | Silvano Materazzi |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,083 ft) |
| Area | 89.61 km² (35 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2005) | |
| - Total | 8,447 |
| - Density | 94/km² (243/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Savinesi |
| Dialing code | 0575 |
| Postal code | 52048 |
| Frazioni | Alberoro, Dreini, Gargonza, Montagnano, Palazzuolo, Verniana |
| Patron | Saint Savinus |
| - Day | December 7 |
| Website: www.comune.monte-san-savino.ar.it | |
Monte San Savino is a town and commune in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany (Italy). It is located on the Essa stream in the Valdichiana. Several of its frazioni occupy higer hills, like Gargonza with its castle (560 m) and Palazzuolo (600 m).
[edit] History
Monte San Savino was one of the first urban settlement 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.
[edit] Main sights
- Palazzo di Monte
- Logge dei Mercanti
- Palazzo Pretorio
- Cassero
- Church of Santi Tiburzio and Susanna (13th century), at Gargonza, housing Tuscan Renaissance paintings.
- Church of the misericordia (1175, rebuilt in 1749). Its organ is one of the most ancient in Italy.
- Convent of Sant'Agostino (early 14th century, enlarged in the 16th century). It has 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.
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