The church of Santi Pietro e Paolo is a

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church, located on Via San Marco in the

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of Chiocciola, in the city of

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History

It originally was annexed to a monastery, that moved to this site in 1361, after the plague. The original church of the monastery dedicated to San Paolo proved too small, and by the 17th-century a new church was planned. This church was begun in 1622 on designs of Flaminio del Turco; the brick façade was completed in 1678, work of Niccolò Franchini. The cupola, supported with an octagonal tambor, was completed in 1645, while the lantern was reconstructed in a Neoclassical style in 1818 by Agostino Fantastici after the earthquake of 1798 had toppled the previous lantern. When the monastery was suppressed under Napoleonic rule, the

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''della Chiocciola'' moved here the functions of the nearby Chapel della Chiocciola, which was then deconsecrated and now used as a stable for the Palio. The church was retitled and dedicated to Santi Pietro e Paolo. The interior is ornately decorated with stucco (1711) by

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. Among the artworks in the interior is the main altarpiece of the ''Coronation of the Madonna with Saints'' (1520) by

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and Raffaello del Brescianino. There is also an altarpiece of ''Death of St Paul'' by

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. On the altar of the Rosary is a 15th-century ''Madonna and Child''.Contrada della Chiocciola
, entry on church. The crypt has a museum of Palio victories.

References

{{reflist Pietro e Paolo Baroque architecture in Siena 17th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy Roman Catholic churches completed in 1678