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Santo Stefano alla Lizza

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Location
  
Italy

Groundbreaking
  
12th century

Province
  
Province of Siena

Municipality
  
Siena

Affiliation
  
Roman Catholic

Architectural style
  
Baroque architecture

Region
  
Tuscany

Santo Stefano alla Lizza

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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Overview

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.

Literature

  • Toscana. Guida d'Italia (Red guide), Touring Club Italiano, Milan 2003. ISBN 88-365-2767-1
  • References

    Santo Stefano alla Lizza Wikipedia