Church of San Bruzio

The ruins of the church of San Bruzio (originally San Tiburzio, martyr in Rome in the 3rd century), stand in the open countryside a short distance from the center of Magliano.

The building was part of a larger monastic complex built between the 11th and 12th centuries probably by Benedictine monks. Cited in the lists of tithes of 1276 and 1321, it also appears in the statutes of the municipality of Magliano (1356), where the community undertook to contribute to its maintenance. The church was originally in the shape of a Latin cross, with a 32 m nave and a 20 m transept.

WHAT TO SEE:

Only the transept remains of the building, with the arches supporting the octagonal lantern, on which the roof, now lost, and the rear apse rested. Of particular importance are the remaining capitals decorated with plant motifs, human figures and animal heads, which reveal an unusual transalpine taste in Maremma.

HOW TO REACH IT:

On the provincial road, between Magliano and Marsiliana about 2 km from Magliano, 7 from Marsiliana (SR 74).
TIMETABLES:

Open and free access.

IN THE SAME AREA YOU CAN ALSO VISIT:

Olive tree of the Witch; Etruscan necropolis of Cancellone; Church of SS. Announced; historic center of Magliano (Senesi Walls, Church of San Martino, Parish Church of S. Giovanni Battista, Palazzo dei Priori, Palazzo di Checco Bello).

IF YOU LIKED THE CHURCH OF SAN BRUZIO YOU CAN ALSO VISIT:

Cathedral of Orbetello (23 km); Abbey of San Rabano in the Maremma Natural Park (30 km); Church of San Giorgio in Montemerano (30 km); Church of San Pietro in Grosseto (30 km); Cathedral of Sovana (45km); Church of SS. Peter and Paul in Roccalbegna (49km); church of San Michele Arcangelo in Paganico (54 km).