Groundbreaking 12th century | Affiliation Roman Catholic Architectural style Baroque architecture | |
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Completed 1671 – 1675, later reconstructions Address La Lizza, 53100 Siena SI, Italy Similar San Pellegrino alla Sapi, Oratory of Sant'Antonio da Padova, San Pietro alle Scale - Siena, San Pietro alla Magione, San Raimondo | ||
Santo Stefano alla Lizza is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via dei Gazzani, in the city of Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. It belongs to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.
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A Romanesque style building documented to exist since the 12th-century, was reconstructed in 1671-1675. The façade is crowned with a tympanum with an oculus, and prececed by a flight of stairs in brick. The interior once housed a Madonna with child and Saints by Andrea Vanni and a complete predella by Giovanni di Paolo (six scenes from the Life of St Stephen with a central Crucifixion with Saints Jerome and Bernard), now in the Baptistery of Siena. On the right altar was a Visitation by Rutilio Manetti (also in now kept in the Baptistery), the apse has a fragmentary Deposition by Antonio Buonfigli.