Sarteano

Sarteano is a town with 4691 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the province of Siena, Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The town covers 85.27 km ². It is located about 60 km southeast of Siena, 100 km southeast of Florence, between the valleys of Chiana and Val d' Orcia at Monte Cetona. Castiglioncello del Trinoro is approximately 6 km west situated part of the community. The village itself is divided into five Contraden ( districts ): San Lorenzo, San Bartolomeo, San Martino, Holy Trinity and Sant'Andrea. The neighboring municipalities are Cetona, Chianciano Terme, Chiusi, Pienza, Radicofani and San Casciano dei Bagni.

History

Archaeological finds prove the occupation of the site from the Paleolithic through the Bronze to the Iron Age. The area is packed tombs have been found from the time of the Etruscans. For the first time Sarteano appears in 776 under the name of Vicus Sarturianus. Towards the 11th century Sarteano was the center of an extensive fief under the originally from Lombardy Counts Manenti. 1379 came Sarteano under the influence of the Republic of Siena. 1469 Siena restored the old fortress from the time of the Counts of Manenti. The expansion to a military fort happened in 1528 under the architect Baldassare Peruzzi.

Attractions

• Abbazia della Santissima Trinità di Spineta, abbey, which was founded in 1085.
• Cappella della Madonna dell'Uccellina, chapel, probably the work of Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio (Madonna col bambino, attributed ) includes.
• Chiesa del Suffrage, Church, contains a Travertinportal from the year 1584.
• Chiesa di San Martino, resulting in the 18th century church, took over the works of Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio (Madonna col bambino, also known as Madonna del cardellino called, was built around 1344), Domenico Beccafumi ( Annunciation, 1545 originated ) and Alessandro Casolani ( Madonna col bambino gloria in e santi ) from the located on the main square and arisen in the 12th century ( and in the 18th century destroyed ) church Chiesa di San Martino in Foro.
• Chiesa di San Francesco, church from the 14th century facade of 1480, created by Antonio Federighi and others. This includes the coat of arms of the Piccolomini. The Campanile is from the 16th century.
• Collegiate di San Lorenzo church from the 13th century, contains the works of Angelo annunciant and Vergine Annunciata by Girolamo del Pacchia ( c.1514 ).
• Pieve di Santa Vittoria, Pieve, the oldest church building in the village, completed 1205.

Events

• La Giostra del Saracino, a year in which the five Contraden start since 1982 on the 15th August against each other.