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Common of St. Gimignano

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ST. GIMIGNANO OGGI

St. Gimignano (334 meters, 7700 inhabitants) placed on a dominant hill the Val of hilt, in the heart of a country to oil you and grapevines, you/he/she has preserved his/her aspect of medieval city irta of towers, that makes her/it an unique tourist destination in Tuscany.

From on September 24 to January 9 a show to rediscover the treasures of the province in Siena
MASTERPIECES FOUND AGAIN IN EARTH IN SIENA
For the first visible time to the public You Madonna with his/her Child and the Saints of Batolomeo Bulgarini

"Masterpieces found again in earth in Siena", it is the event in autumn organized by the Foundation Museums Senesi and the Province in Siena in collaboration with the Town administration and the Apt of the territory, and with the contribution of the Foundation MPS. From on September 24 to January 9, near the Civic Museums of St. Gimignano, inside the Room of Giving, close to the famous cycles of frescos representing scenes of hunting and tournament attributed to the painter Azzo of Masetto, and to the great Majesty of Lippo Memmi, it will be possible to admire the Madonna with his/her Child and the Saints, a polittico of extraordinary beauty commissioned, after the 1348 plague, to the painter Bartolomeo Bulgarini, one of the teachers senesi of primary importance.
The work, very probably in the Convent of St. Domenico (now ex jail) it is currently, after various vicissitudes, in private collection and you/he/she is introduced to the great public for the first time. The issued ticket on purpose for the initiative, (7 European whole and 5 European meeting place) it will allow the access to other ten museums of the province in Siena disseminated among the Valdichiana, the Val of Orcia, the Chianti, the Clays Senesi and the Valdelsa.
Not only art but also taste. Tuesday 1 November (times 16.30), in fact, the beautiful one and the good one melt him, in an interesting laboratory sensoriale where the unmistakable aroma of the Vernaccia and the characteristic taste of the saffron will accompany the pleasure of the contemplation of frescos and paintings on table. The ticket of entry to the show "found again Masterpieces" it will allow to participate in the appointment after the booking to take place himself/herself/themselves near the Apt Siena (tel. 0577 280551 - 0577 45900; infoaptsiena@terresiena.it). For information it is possible to turn to the telephone number of the Foundation Museums Senesi 0577 530164. (cl)

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