Sant'Agnese A Vignano
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Sant'Agnese a Vignano is a
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-style,
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church located in the village of
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just outside the walls of the city of
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, region of
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, Italy. It is part of the archdiocese of Siena-Colle of Val d'Elsa-Montalcino.


History

A church at the site is mentioned in 1175, but underwent reconstruction in later centuries. Again restored in 1910 and 1930. The church contains an altarpiece depicting a ''Madonna and Child'' by Bartolo di Fredi; a 20th-century statue of ''Santa Agnese'' by Fulvio Corsini; and a work by the sculptor Tommaso Redi.Il Tirreno entry on church
The inventory from 1840 also noted altarpieces by Astolfo Petrazzi (''San Domenico'') and Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (''Madonna del Rosario'').


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