Monte San Savino is a town and

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in the

province of Arezzo The province of Arezzo ( it, provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Arezzo. The province is bordered by the regions of Marche, Emilia-Romagna, Umbria, and the provinces ...

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; it, Toscana ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence (''Firenze''). Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...

(

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). It is located on the Essa stream in the

Valdichiana The Val di Chiana, Valdichiana, or Chiana Valley is an alluvial valley of central Italy, lying on the territories of the provinces of Arezzo and Siena in Tuscany and the provinces of Perugia and Terni in Umbria. Geography The Val di Chiana is ...

. Several of its

frazioni A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist era (1922–1943) as ...

occupy higher hills, like Gargonza at and Palazzuolo, at an elevation of .

History

Monte San Savino was one of the first urban settlements in

. 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. But it is no longer now.

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 Andrea dal Monte Sansovino or Andrea Contucci del Monte San Savino (1529) was an Italian sculptor active during the High Renaissance. His pupils include Jacopo Sansovino (no relation). Biography He was the son of Domenico Contucci of Monte S ...

(who was born here) in the early 16th century. The interior houses paintings by

Spinello Aretino Spinello Aretino (c. 1350 – c. 1410) was an Italian painter from Arezzo, who was active in Tuscany at the end of the 14th and the first decennium of the 15th century.Paolo Schiavo Paolo Schiavo, the pseudonym of Paolo di Stefano Badaloni (1397-1478) was a Florentine painter. Born in Florence, Paolo Schiavo enrolled in the Guild of Doctors and Apothecaries (''Arte dei Medici e Speziali'') in 1428. According to Vasari, he w ...

and one ''Assumption'' by

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculpt ...

. * 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 Margarito, Margaritone da Arezzo, or Margaritone d'Arezzo (''fl. c.'' 1250–1290) was an Italian painter from Arezzo in Tuscany. Margaritone's given name was Margarito, but it was transcribed erroneously by Vasari as "Margaritone". It is by ...

. * OPEM Chainsaws Inc.

Notable people

Pope Julius III Pope Julius III ( la, Iulius PP. III; it, Giulio III; 10 September 1487 – 23 March 1555), born Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 7 February 1550 to his death in March 155 ...

* Angelo Fantoni, Catholic priest and exorcist *

Giulio Salvadori Giulio Salvadori (; 14 September 1862 in Monte San Savino, Tuscany – 7 October 1928 in Rome, Lazio) was an Italian poet, literary critic and educator. Life Salvadori was educated at the Sapienza University of Rome, where he became a friend of ...

, poet and educator

References

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