San Francesco, once known as ''San Pietro'' is a

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located in the town of

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, province of Viterbo, region of

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History

A church at the site, was erected in the 13th-century, but the present church arrived in its present form, after two reconstructions; the latest in the 18th-century. In the past, the church was adjacent to a Franciscan convent, and the wooden choir stalls for the friars are still evident in the apse of the church. The church has six side altars. Among the works are a depiction of ''San Bernardino of Siena'' by

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in the first altar on the left; and an ''Adoration of the Christ Child'' by

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in the second altar on the right. The main tabernacle is attributed to

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and it shelters a 1531 altarpiece.Comune of Civita Castellana
entry on church.

References

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