Religious Sites in Tuscany

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore Tuscany's most-visited abbey sits in an oasis of olive and cypress...	Religious Sites	Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore

Abbazia di San Galgano Time has had its way with this Gothic cathedral without a rooftop...	Religious Sites	Abbazia di San Galgano

Abbazia di Sant'Antimo It's well worth your while to go out of your way to visit this...	Religious Sites	Abbazia di Sant'Antimo

Badia a Coltibuono North of Gaiole a turnoff leads to this Romanesque abbey that...	Religious Sites	Gaiole in Chianti

Badia a Passignano One of the finest and best-preserved works of art in Italy is...	Religious Sites	Passignano


Basilica di San Francesco The famous Piero della Francesca frescoes depicting The Legend...	Religious Sites	Arezzo

Battistero This lovely Gothic baptistery, which stands across from the Duomo's...	Religious Sites	Pisa

Battistero The Duomo's 14th-century Gothic Baptistery was built to prop...	Religious Sites	Siena

Carmignano Pontormo's Visitation is in this small village a short drive...	Religious Sites, Towns	Prato

Chiesa di San Donato a Lamole The tiny village of Lamole contains this Romanesque church that...	Religious Sites	Greve in Chianti

Chiesa di Santa Caterina Visit this 15th-century church to view the excellent stained-glass...	Religious Sites	Colle di Val d'Elsa

Collegiata The town's main church is not officially a duomo (cathedral)...	Religious Sites	San Gimignano

Collegiata The 13th-century Collegiata church has three majestic portals...	Religious Sites	San Quirico d'Orcia

Convento di San Francesco In 1211 Saint Francis founded the Convento di San Francesco...	Religious Sites	San Miniato

Convento e Chiesa di Santi Jacopo e Lucia The Convento e Chiesa di Santi Jacopo e Lucia is also known as...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites	San Miniato

Cripta After it had lain unseen for possibly 700 years, a crypt was...	Religious Sites	Siena

Duomo The only thing remarkable about San Miniato's Duomo, set in a...	Religious Sites	San Miniato

Duomo Pisa's cathedral brilliantly utilizes the horizontal marble-stripe...	Religious Sites	Pisa

Duomo Prato's Romanesque Duomo, reconstructed from 1211, is famous...	Religious Sites	Prato

Duomo The Romanesque Duomo, the Cattedrale di San Zeno, dates from...	Religious Sites	Pistoia

Duomo The blind arches on the cathedral's facade are a fine example...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites	Lucca

Duomo Dedicated to Saint Christopher, the Duomo is a Romanesque cathedral...	Religious Sites	Barga

Duomo Dedicated to Saint Peter, the Duomo was begun in the 11th century...	Religious Sites	Castelnuovo di Garfagnana

Duomo Work began on the Duomo in the 11th century and continued into...	Religious Sites	Carrara

Duomo Siena's cathedral is beyond question one of the finest Gothic...	Religious Sites	Siena

Duomo Several reconstructions have left little to admire of the once-Romanesque...	Religious Sites	Colle di Val d'Elsa

Duomo Behind the textbook 13th-century Pisan-Romanesque facade is proof...	Religious Sites	Volterra

Duomo Arezzo's medieval cathedral at the top of the hill contains an...	Religious Sites	Arezzo

Duomo Cortona's cathedral stands on an edge of the city, next to what's...	Religious Sites	Cortona

Duomo On the Piazza Grande the unfinished facade of Montepulciano's...	Religious Sites	Montepulciano

Duomo This 15th-century cathedral was built by the architect Rossellino...	Religious Sites	Pienza

Duomo This 18th-century baroque cathedral has a single nave with chapels...	Religious Sites	Pitigliano

Duomo The central Piazza Garibaldi, dating from the 13th to the early...	Religious Sites	Massa Marittima

Fondazione Marino Marini Lest you think that Tuscany produced only Renaissance artists...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	Pistoia

La Certosa di Pisa A certosa is a monastery whose monks belong to the strict Carthusian...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites	Pisa

Monastero di Camaldoli In 1012 Saint Romualdo, scion of a noble Ravenna family, came...	Religious Sites	Monastero di Camaldoli

Musei dell'Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi At the end of the 11th century, the bishop of Pistoia began construction...	Museums / Galleries, Religious Sites, Archaeological Sites	Pistoia

Parco Naturale della Maremma The well-kept nature preserve at Monti dell'Uccellina is an oasis...	Religious Sites, Nature Preserves	Parco Naturale della Maremma

Piazza dei Cavalieri The piazza, with its fine Renaissance Palazzo dei Cavalieri,...	Religious Sites, Castles / Palaces, Squares, Educational Institutions	Pisa

Piccola Gerusaleme di Pitigliano Now a museum of Jewish culture, the ghetto where Jews took refuge...	Religious Sites, Historic Districts / Sites	Pitigliano

Pieve di San Marcello This church dates from the 12th century, though the interior...	Religious Sites	San Marcello Pistoiese

San Biagio Designed by Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, and considered his...	Religious Sites	Montepulciano

San Domenico Although the Duomo is celebrated as a triumph of 13th-century...	Religious Sites	Siena

San Domenico Inside the northern city walls, this church was begun by Dominican...	Religious Sites	Arezzo

San Domenico Inside this rather anonymous-looking 14th-century church, just...	Religious Sites	Cortona

San Francesco The lovely baroque church of San Francesco is a study in understated...	Religious Sites	Carrara

San Francesco Look inside the church for the celebrated early-15th-century...	Religious Sites	Volterra

San Francesco In the mid-13th century, this Gothic-style church was built on...	Religious Sites	Cortona

San Frediano A 14th-century mosaic decorates the facade of this church just...	Religious Sites	Lucca

San Giovanni Fuorcivitas An architectural gem in green-and-white marble, the medieval...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites	Pistoia

San Giusto e San Clemente Built in the 1840s on a Greek-cross plan, this neoclassical church...	Religious Sites	Castelnuovo Berardenga

San Leolino Ancient even by Chianti standards, this hilltop church probably...	Religious Sites	Panzano

San Michele in Foro The facade here is even more fanciful than that of the Duomo...	Religious Sites	Lucca

San Michele in Pontorme A short but not very scenic walk from the center of town brings...	Religious Sites	Empoli

San Niccolò A small, cypress-lined courtyard and porch stand in front of...	Religious Sites	Cortona

San Pellegrino in Alpe Stop at the San Pellegrino in Alpe monastery en route from Abetone...	Religious Sites	Abetone

San Piero a Grado This 11th-century basilica, located 8 km (5 mi) southwest of...	Religious Sites	Pisa

Sant'Agostino Make a beeline for Benozzo Gozzoli's superlative 15th-century...	Religious Sites	San Gimignano

Sant'Agostino Michelozzo had a hand in creating the beautiful travertine facade...	Religious Sites	Montepulciano

Sant'Andrea In the 12th-century church of Sant'Andrea, the fine pulpit by...	Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue), Religious Sites	Pistoia

Sant'Anna in Camprena Part of the acclaimed 1996 film The English Patient was filmed...	Religious Sites	Pienza

Santa Margherita The large 1897 basilica was constructed over the foundation of...	Religious Sites	Cortona

Santa Maria al Calcinaio Legend has it that the image of the Madonna appeared on a wall...	Religious Sites	Cortona

Santa Maria Assunta Piazza del Popolo offers a view of the basilica of Santa Maria...	Religious Sites	Montecatini Terme

Santa Maria Assunta Situated next to the castle in the upper part of town, this church...	Religious Sites	Panzano

Santa Maria della Pieve The curving, tiered apse on Piazza Grande belongs to a fine Romanesque...	Religious Sites	Arezzo

Santa Maria della Spina Originally an oratory dating from the 13th century, this gem...	Religious Sites	Pisa

Santa Maria delle Carceri The church of Santa Maria delle Carceri was built by Giuliano...	Religious Sites	Prato

Santa Maria Maggiore This little 14th-century church on the main square has frescoes...	Religious Sites	Sovana

Santo Stefano Originally founded by Augustinians in the 11th century, the church...	Religious Sites	Empoli

Santuario della Verna A few hills away from the Monastero di Camaldoli, dramatically...	Religious Sites	Santuario della Verna

Sinagoga Down a small street around the corner from Il Campo, this synagogue...	Religious Sites	Siena

Ss. Giovanni e Reparata The baptistery of this church is lovely enough, but the unusual...	Religious Sites, Archaeological Sites	Lucca
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