Church of San Francesco

This church was built in the 16th century on the remains of a pre-existing church in
Montieri
.

Its salmon-colored walls and beautiful stained glass windows suggest that it is much younger than it actually is, but this is only because the front porch was built in 1855, when the entire church underwent major renovations.

Inside is a gallery of works by Amiata painter Giuseppe Nasini. On the right wall of the chapel is the
Immaculate Conception
(last decade of the 16th century).

To the left of this are two other works by Nasini, one of the Crucifixion made even more dramatic by the looming stormy sky hovering in the background and the other of St. Francis of Assisi with Saints Louis IX of France and Elizabeth of Hungary.

The canvas of St. Anthony of Padua and stories from his life is by an unknown 17th-century author. The altar draws inspiration from the one in Siena Cathedral and is by Baldassare Peruzzi.