Sinalunga

Sinalunga is a town with 12,476 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012) in the province of Siena, Tuscany region of Italy.

Geography

The town covers 78.60 km ². It is situated on the hills between the Chiana valley and the Ombrone Valley, approximately 47 km east of Siena. Neighboring municipalities are Asciano, Cortona ( AR), Foiano della Chiana (AR), Lucignano ( AR), Rapolano Terme, Torrita di Siena and Trequanda. The capital of the province, Sinalunga, divided into two parts: Sinalunga Paese is located on the hill with the historic old town, Pieve di Sinalunga contrast lies at the foot of this hill and was named after the Pieve di San Pietro ad Mensulas. Other districts are Bettolle, Farnetella, Guazzino, La Fratta, L' Amorosa, Rigaiolo, Rigomagno and Scrofiano.

In bed Olle is the for the province of Siena major motorway junction Valdichiana - Bettolle- Sinalunga that connects Siena with the A1 (part of the Autostrada del Sole ). Sinalunga itself is located on the railway line Empoli -Siena - Chiusi and operated by the Trasporto ferroviario Toscano branch line to Arezzo.

Attractions

  • Cappella di San Michele, probably built by Baldassare Peruzzi, contains works by frescoes by Sodoma, the district of La Fratta.
  • Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta, the work contains Madonna col Bambino, San Giovannino ei Santi Caterina, Bernardino and Francesco by Francesco Rustici, the district of L' Amorosa
  • Chiesa di Santa Croce church with works from the Bottega by Luca Signorelli, Sinalunga Paese.
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, church built in 1392, contains the work Angelo annunziante e Vergine Annunziata by Francesco di Valdambrino, district Farnetella.
  • Chiesa di Santa Lucia, church of the twelfth or thirteenth century, contained the work of Madonna del Carmine by Francesco Rustici, now preserved in the Collegiate di San Martino in Sinalunga Paese, and the work of Madonna con San Sebastiano and San Martino ( 1509 Benvenuto di Giovanni created )
  • Collegiate di San Biagio, collegiate church dating from 1271, contains works by Sano di Pietro ( Lamentazione su Cristo morto ), the district Scrofiano.
  • Collegiate di San Martino, collegiate church from the year 1588th Contains the works of Madonna col Bambino tra i Santi Martino e Sebastiano by Benvenuto di Giovanni, Madonna col Bambino e Santi by Sodoma, Sposalizio Madonna of Rutilio Manetti ( 1612 ) and Santi Caterina da Siena, Domenico Martino, Francesco, Caterina d' Alessandria e Lucia by Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (1697 ), Sinalunga Paese.
  • Convento di San Bernardino, convent, built in 1449, renovated in the 18th century, contains works by Sano di Pietro ( Cristo benedicente and Madonna del Rifugio ), Benvenuto di Giovanni ( Annunciation, 1470 ) and Guidoccio Cozzarelli ( Baptism of Christ, ca 1483, and Incoronazione della Vergine col Bambino tra i Santi Simone e Taddeo, 1486 ), Sinalunga Paese.
  • Pieve di San Pietro ad Mensulas, name -giving Pieve for the lower Pieve di Sinalunga.

Twinning

Sinalunga maintains since 2004 a partnership with the northern French town Ay, in the Champagne.

Sons and daughters of the town

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