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MARCIANO DELLA CHIANA, a little town a few kilometres fa
from Foiano and whose name recall to mind the noble Roman
"Marcia" Family (who received this lands, called
"Fundus Marcianus", as a gift from Silla Consul
after the war against Marius). Marciano is placed on a rectangular
shape plan and was built between 100 and 1250, when it was
ruled alternatively by Arezzo,Perugia, Siena and Florence.
The door tower with is bell (built at the beginnig of the
seventeenth century) dominates the town, together with the
stronghold belonged to the famous captain of fortune Fanfulla
da Lofi, and the eleventh century church of Sant'Andrea
and Stefano, which contains a painting by Bartolomeo della
Gatta representing the Virgin with the Child and Saints,
as well as many works by local artists. Besides, you can
finally visit the Romanesque church of San Bartolomeo which
stands in the near village of Badicorte and was built in
the tenth century by the Camaldolites who made the castle
a Monastery and lived here until 1487.
Events
Jesus Christ resurrection
Jesus Christ resurrection on midnight every
Saturday saint in the dark of a curch when the people sing,
Jesus Chris come with lights and fireworks.
very high suggestive event in arezzo area !
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