Monte Senario is a

Servite The Servite Order, officially known as the Order of Servants of Mary (; abbreviation: OSM), is one of the five original mendicant orders in the Roman Catholic Church. It includes several branches of friars (priests and brothers), contemplative nun ...

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in the

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Vaglia Vaglia is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about north of Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most popula ...

, near Florence in Tuscany, in central Italy. It stands on the mountain of the same name, on the

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between the

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to the south and the Mugello to the north. It was established in 1245 by the seven founding members of the Servite order and was the first Servite monastery. Montesenario scala

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