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church and convent located near the center of

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, region of

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, Italy. The convent is now part of an elementary school at Piazza Matteotti.

History

While the exterior is simple unfinished brick; the interior was refurbished in Baroque fashion. The flanks of the church have buttresses. The bell-tower arises from the convent. The church dates from 1292, putatively at a site where

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preached. The convent was suppressed in the 19th century and was used for various purposes. The interior has houses the relics of the Martyr Lucius, and has a medieval wooden crucifix and paintings, including an ''Immaculate Conception'', (1535) by Giuliano Presutti.Mondavio Pro Loco
site.

References

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