| Comune di Monte San Savino | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Toscana |
| Province | Arezzo (AR) |
| Mayor | Silvano Materazzi |
| Elevation | 330 m (1,083 ft) |
| Area | 89. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune Arezzo ( Provincia di Arezzo) is the easternmost province in the Tuscany region of Italy. 61 km² (35 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2005) | |
| - Total | 8,447 |
| - Density | 94/km² (243/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Savinesi |
| Dialing code | 0575 |
| Postal code | 52048 |
| Frazioni | Alberoro, Dreini, Gargonza, Montagnano, Palazzuolo, Verniana |
| Patron | Saint Savinus |
| - Day | December 7 |
| Website: www.comune.monte-san-savino.ar.it | |
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History
Monte San Savino was one of the first urban settlement in Tuscany, Italy. Tuscany (Toscana is a region in Italy. It has an area of 22990 km² and a population of about 3 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest It originated around 1100, but a further century had to pass before Monte San Savino could be considered a centre of a certain social, political and cultural importance of Tuscany in those times.
Main sights
- Palazzo di Monte
- Logge dei Mercanti
- Palazzo Pretorio
- Cassero
- Church of Santi Tiburzio and Susanna (13th century), at Gargonza, housing Tuscan Renaissance paintings. Loggia is the name given to an Architectural feature originally of Italian design which is often a gallery or Corridor generally on the ground
- Church of the misericordia (1175, rebuilt in 1749). Its organ is one of the most ancient in Italy.
- Convent of Sant'Agostino (early 14th century, enlarged in the 16th century). It has a cloister from 1532. Both the church and the cloister were renovated by Andrea Sansovino (who was born here) in the early 16th century. Andrea dal Monte Sansovino or Andrea Contucci del Monte San Savino (c The interior houses paintings by Spinello Aretino's school, by Paolo Schiavo and one Assumption by Giorgio Vasari. Spinello Aretino (c 1350 &ndash c 1410 was an Italian painter, the son of a Florentine named Luca who had taken refuge in Arezzo in 1310 when Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous
- Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Vertighe, rebuilt in the 16th century. It houses a fresco of the Virgin Enthroned with Child by Margaritone d'Arezzo. Margarito or Margaritone d'Arezzo ( fl c 1250 - 1290) was an Italian painter from Arezzo.
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