Sestino is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the province of Arezzo in the

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region

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, located about east of

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and about northeast of Arezzo. Sestino borders the following municipalities: Badia Tedalda, Belforte all'Isauro, Borgo Pace, Carpegna,

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, Piandimeleto. The source of the Foglia river is located near Sestino.

Main sights

*Church of ''San Michele'', in the ''

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'' of Casale, built probably over a Roman edifice. Notable is the

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, with panels having high-reliefs with symbolic decorations in Romanesque style (12th century). *Church of ''San Gianni in Vecchio'', in the ''frazione'' San Gianni. Known from 1297, it includes a pre-existing, pre-Romanesque church with a nave and an apse. It has a square bell tower with

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s. *'' Pieve di San Pancrazio'' (9th-10th century), built over the Roman ''Curia Augusta''. Of the original medieval edifice the crypt survives, with walls decorated by blind arches and columns and High Middle Ages sculptures. The Romanesque apse is from the 12th century, while the façade was remade in the late 17th century and the two aisles were suppressed in 1784. Notable is also the

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(1259) supported by a Roman

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References

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