San Martino is a

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church located on Via del Porrione, in the Terzo San Martino (named after this church) in central in

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, region of Tuscany, Italy. Adjacent to the church is the

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History

A church at the site was present by the 12th century, but it was rebuilt and enlarged in the 16th century. The Baroque façade was built in 1613 and the bell tower completed in 1738. The interior, in the counterfaçade, has a canvas of the ''Immaculate Conception Protecting Siena during the 1526 Battle of Camollia'' by

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, commissioned by the city's commune in 1528. In the chapels are, among the others: the ''

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'', one of Guido Reni's masterworks, the ''Martyrdom of San Bartolomeo'' (1637) by Guercino and a ''Nativity'' by Domenico Beccafumi. The presbytery's restoration in the 17th century was patronized by the de' Vecchi family, who commissioned the decorations to the Mazzuoli family. Giuseppe Mazzuoli (1644–1725), Giuseppe Mazzuoli completed the statue of ''St. Thomas of Villanova'', and he helped his brother Giovanni complete the main altar. {{DEFAULTSORT:Martino Siena 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Religious buildings and structures completed in 1613 Roman Catholic churches in Siena, Martino Renaissance architecture in Siena Baroque architecture in Siena 1613 establishments in Italy