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Abbey of San Galgano - Impruneta (FI)

Abbey St. Galgano and the hermitage of Montesiepi arise in the valley of the river Merse, between the medieval villages of Chiusdino Monticiano and, in the province of Siena. E 'easily reachable from Florence following the motorway FI-SI, exit at San Lorenzo a Merse, then in a Monticiano. Along the route there are tourist signs until you reach the abbey. If you choose a slower route, but certainly full of beautiful scenery you can exit at Siena and follow the SS73, which leads to San Galgano. complex composed by the Rotunda or Montesiepi and the ruins of the great Cistercian Abbey of San Galgano is one of the most beautiful found in Tuscany. In Round Montesiepi is, stuck in the rock, the Sword of St. Galgano. built between 1182 and 1185, above the hut on the hill where San Galgano lived during his last year of life and it was here where he had driven his sword in the stone, the circle of Montesiepi was originally the tomb of the saint, who was buried north of the Sword, to see through the front door, Chiusdino. Only in 1220 (or 1218?) Began the construction of the great Abbey downstream. Construction lasted until 1268, when it was officially consecrated by the Bishop of Volterra Alberto Solari. Then one hundred years of great splendor until 1364 which followed a slow decline due to the unfortunate practice of Commanders. One thing above all others: in 1550 the Girolamo Vitelli came to sell (after the jewels, and who knows what else) the lead roof. Despite some attempts to restore the convent at the end of 1789, after the Round Montesiepi was a church, the great Abbey was desecrated and left for ruin. While the Rotunda Montesiepi us back with the sword in the stone, the saga of King Arthur, the great Abbey holds, with its sacred geometry and other surprises "Music" and "Egyptian". Maybe the good Cistercian monks of St. Robert of Molesme and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, knew better than to writing. The great Abbey of San Galgano was built between 1220 and 1268 at a time when Italy is in the Romanesque style fused with the nascent French Gothic style. The shape of the Abbey is the classic Latin cross.