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Encyclopedia Britannica



ASCIANO

This article appears in Volume V02, Page 722 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ARN-AUD
ASCIANO , a town of Tuscany, in the province of Siena, 19 m. S.E. of the town of Siena by
rail
 . Pop. (1901) 7618. It is surrounded by walls built by the Sienese in 1351, and has some 14th-
century
  churches with paintings of the same period. Six miles to the
south
  is the large
Benedictine
  monastery of Monte
Oliveto
Maggiore
 , founded in 1320, famous for the frescoes by Luca
Signorelli
  (14971498) and Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma (1505), in the cloister, illustrating scenes from the legend of St Benedict; the latter master's
work
  is perhaps nowhere better represented than here. The
church
  contains fine inlaid choir stalls by Era Giovanni da Verona. The buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the gray clayey and sandy soil. The monastery is described by Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (
Pope
 
Pius
  II.) in his Commentaria. Remains of Roman baths, with a fine mosaic pavement, were found within the town in 1898 (G. Pellegrini in Notizie degli scavi, 1899, 6).


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