San Pietro alle Scale, also known as San Pietro in Castelvecchio is a Roman Catholic parish church located on via San Pietro, Terzo of Città, in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. Initially built in the 12th-century, this parish church was completely rebuilt in 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 in the 17th century; the brick facade has a portal with a depiction of ''Glory of St Peter''. The belltower dates to 1699, and the facade to 1706. Amid the interior’s elaborate stucco decoration, are the remains of a 14th-century polyptych by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, depicting a ''Madonna with Child and Saints''; ''St Lucia and the Archangel Gabriel''; ''The Redeemer blessing''; ''Sts Peter and Paul''; and a ''Female Saint and St Michael Archangel''. The church also contains a ''Rest on the Flight to Egypt'' (1621) 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 ...

. An altar on the right has a canvas depicting ''Madonna in Glory'' by

Francesco Rustici Francesco Rustici, called Il Rustichino (Siena, 1592 – Siena, 1626) was an Italian painter active in Siena. He worked on commissions for the local churches as well as from the Grand-Dukes of Tuscany. In his work he shows a preference for noc ...

, and a canvas of ''St Roch and St Catherine of Siena'' by Ventura Salimbeni. This is one of two churches in Siena dedicated to St Peter, the other is the church of

San Pietro alla Magione San Pietro alla Magione is an ancient church on Via Camollia in Siena, Italy. Documents attest to a church at the site since 998, when Counts Bernardo and Gualfredo Ranieri, along with their cousin Guilla, donated property to the church. In the ...

.La nuova guida di Siena e dei suoi dintorni
5th edition, by E. A. Brigidi, page 74.

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{{Siena landmarks Pietro alle Scale Baroque architecture in Siena 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1706