The Collegiata di San Martino is a

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-style,

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in the center of

Sinalunga Sinalunga is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Siena, in the Tuscany region of central Italy. History Aside from scanty prehistoric findings, the oldest historical remains date from the 8th century BC, when Sinalunga was perhaps an Etrusca ...

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, region of

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, Italy. It is now part of the Diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza. Located in a town hotly contested by Siena and Florence prior to the 16th century, the town's castle was razed after Florence defeated the Sienese forces during the

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. The stones were reused to build the Collegiata in 1588. Among the artworks in the church, some derived from the nearby old church of San Martino, later called Santa Croce; they include: . *''Madonna and Child with Saints Martin and Sebastian'' by

Benvenuto di Giovanni Benvenuto di Giovanni, also known as Benvenuto di Giovanni di Meo del Guasta (13 September 1436 – c. 1518) was an Italian painter and artist known for his choral miniatures, pavement designs, and frescoes. Working chiefly in Siena, he was first ...

*''Madonna and Child with Saints'' by

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*''Marriage of the Virgin'' (1612) by

Rutilio Manetti Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late-Mannerism or proto-Baroque, active mainly in Siena. Biography He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is ...

*''St Catherine of Siena Introduces St Antony of Padua and Child Jesus to the Virgin'' (1650) by Francesco Nasini *''Saints Catherine of Siena, Dominic, Martin, Francis, Lucy, and Catherine of Alexandria'' (1697) by

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (January 25, 1657 – July 3, 1736) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and active in Rome and Tuscany. Biography Born in Castel del Piano, now known as Province of Grosseto, Giuseppe was the son of the painter ...

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