Santa Chiara, formerly ''Sant'Agostino'' is a former,

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church located in Piazza Santa Chiara in

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, region of

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, Italy. The church now hosts cultural events. The artwork of the church has been moved to various museums. The church is near to the church of

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History

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convent was present her by the 14th century, but transferred in 1555 to nuns of the

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, who changed the name to ''Santa Chiara''. The church's exterior and polygonal apse retain the Romanesque layout from 1281. In the 18th-century, the interior was refurbished with

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stucco decoration. Among the remaining artwork in the church are a ''Sant’Andrea'' fresco by Cherubino Alberti at the third altar, and a 16th-century fresco of the ''Assumption of the Virgin'' on the main altar. The fresco depicting ''San Giuliano'' (1455) by

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is now in Sansepolcro's Pinacoteca.Dizionario geografico fisico storico della Toscana
Volume 5, by Emanuele Repetti, page 124.

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