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San Giovanni Battista, Mensano

Coordinates: 43°18′03″N 11°03′15″E / 43.3008°N 11.0542°E / 43.3008; 11.0542
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San Giovanni Battista in Mensano

San Giovanni Battista is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic pieve, or rural parish church with baptistery, located in the village of Mensano, in the comune of Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.

History

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A church at the site is documented in a papal bull of Pope Alexander III since 1171. Inscriptions uncovered in the three nave church attributed work of maestro Buonamico in the construction. Traces of 13th-century frescoes are present.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ecomuseo Val d'Elsa website, entry by Patrizia La Porta, citing Chiese medievali della Valdelsa, I territori della Via Francigena tra Siena e San Gimignano, Empoli, Edizioni dell’Acero, 1996.

43°18′03″N 11°03′15″E / 43.3008°N 11.0542°E / 43.3008; 11.0542