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Adjoining the church is the Museo d'Arte Sacra where works by painters in the Sienese manner of the 14th and 15th centuries are exhibited. The Museo Archeologico contains finds from the excavation of chamber tombs from the cemetery of Poggio Pinci.
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church, built of travertine. Layout has a single nave topped by a truss roof, is adorned with decorative elements of the Lombard type. Outside is its 13th century
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baths, with a fine mosaic pavement were found within the town in 1898. During the medieval period its location made it a site of contest between
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in 1505. The latter master's work is perhaps nowhere better represented than here. The church contains fine inlaid choir stalls by
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in 1285 and surrounded by walls in 1351, and has some 14th-century churches with paintings of the same period.
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and founded in 1320. The cloister is famous for the series of frescoes illustrating scenes from the legend of
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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settlements. A 5th century BC Etruscan necropolis has been excavated nearby and remains of
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The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Asciano and the towns and villages (
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and the torrent Copra, some 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of the town of
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was fought in the nearby on 4 September 1260. The village was purchased by the
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Il mosaico di Asciano/The mosaic floor of Asciano/Das Mosaik von Asciano
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which give this area of Tuscany its name. The monastery is described by
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10 kilometers (6 mi) to the south is the large
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Asciano Limited
Comune
The church of St. Agatha in Asciano.
Coat of arms of Asciano
Asciano is located in Italy
Asciano is located in Tuscany
43°14′9″N 11°34′38″E / 43.23583°N 11.57722°E / 43.23583; 11.57722
Italy
Region
Tuscany
Province
Siena
Frazioni
Arbia
Chiusure
Castelnuovo Scalo
Torre a Castello
Demonym
Time zone
UTC+1
CET
DST
UTC+2
CEST
Dialing code
St. Agatha
Official website
[aʃˈʃaːno]
comune
province of Siena

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