Santo Stefano alla Lizza is a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style,

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church located on Via dei Gazzani, in the city of

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

, region of

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, Italy. It belongs to the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...

Overview

A Romanesque style building documented to exist since the 12th-century, was reconstructed in 1671–75. The façade is crowned with a tympanum with an oculus, and preceded by a flight of stairs in brick. The interior once housed a ''Madonna with child and Saints'' by

Andrea Vanni Andrea Vanni (1332 – c. 1414) was an Italian painter of the early Renaissance, active mainly in his native Siena. Biography Vanni was born in about 1332 in Siena. The first notice of him as a painter comes from 1353 when he was associated with ...

and a complete predella by

Giovanni di Paolo Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia (''c.'' 1403–1482) was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts. He was one of the most important painters of the 15th cent ...

(six scenes from the ''Life of St Stephen'' with a central ''Crucifixion with Saints Jerome and Bernard''), now in the Baptistery of Siena. On the right altar was a ''Visitation'' by

Rutilio Manetti Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late-Mannerism or proto-Baroque, active mainly in Siena. Biography He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is k ...

(also in now kept in the Baptistery). The apse has a fragmentary ''Deposition'' by

Antonio Buonfigli Antonio or Antonio d'Ariodante Buonfigli (1680 - circa 1750) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Biography He was born and active in Siena. Leonardo Massimiliano de Vegni, an engraver, was one of his pupils. Buonfigli painted a '' ...

."The Places of Faith", Region Tuscany
(section "Siena" (province); subsection "Siena", Page 6; Santo Stefano alla Lizza.

Literature

*''Toscana. Guida d'Italia'' (Red guide), Touring Club Italiano,

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2003.

References

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