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Castelmuzio, a village of Etruscan-roman origin, owned by the Cacciaconti della Scialenga family, passed to the Republic of Siena in 1270, then to the Hospital of S.Maria della Scala, to the Salimbeni family , to the Piccolomini family and again to the Republic of Siena in 1551. It was finally annexed to the Grand Dukedom of Tuscany in 1559.
It is structured as a small fortified castle with walls and bastions. Before the gate you can still see , walled in, the stone where Saint Bernardino from Siena used to rest. Important sites are the Hospital of St. John the Baptist, the Community Tower House, and the Parish of the Assumption with a cruciform plan. Inside you can admire a Madonna del Buon Consiglio and a wooden statue of St. Anthony dated XVII .
In the nearby church of the Brotherhood of the Saint Trinity and Saint Bernardino you can admire precious Sienese artworks attributed to Pietro di Francesco Orioli, Giovanni di Paolo, Domenico Beccafumi, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Sano di Pietro, Domenico Manetti and Giampaolo Pisano.
On the road that takes to Montisi , in Cennano, stands the chapel of Saint Stefano. Originally, it was an Etruscan temple, then a Roman one , finallly the Church was built with sandstone around the second half of the XII century.
The area was probably an Etruscan settlement , as the many tombs, cinerary urns and Etruscan inscriptions that have been found show. It was the “mother church” , under whose jurisdiction depended the churches of Saint Flora and Saint Mary in Montisi, Saint Giusto in Castelmuzio, Saint George in Petroio and the Monastery of Saint Pellegrino in Passeno, in Castelmuzio. During the XIV and XV centuries the church slowly starts its downfall , due to the radical change of life in the countryside, until it becomes totally abandoned . Now, restored, it stands majestic and simple in its Romanesque style.
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