Churches
Santa Maria delle Grazie
MONTEPULCIANO
The facade of the church is preceded by a porch with three arcades ,executed, as the whole facade, following the project by Ippolito Scalza. The interior, with a single space, presents a decoration made of very rich gilded stuccos, dated 1700.A glassed terracotta attributed to Andrea and Giovanni Della Robbia is quite remarkable. It represents the Celestial Father with Saints and angels. It encloses a fresco, dated late 1300. It has at its sides two statues representing the Assumption and the Archangel Gabriel, made of glassed terracotta, probably executed by Dellla Robbia. On the third altar on the left, there’s located a canvas representing Saint Helen, executed in 1632 by Bartolomeo Barbiani. The organ with cypress pipes, dated XVIth and XVII,th century, inside an inlaid, gilded chest , dated 1700, is quite remarkable.
The facade of the church is preceded by a porch with three arcades ,executed, as the whole facade, following the project by Ippolito Scalza. The interior, with a single space, presents a decoration made of very rich gilded stuccos, dated 1700.A glassed terracotta attributed to Andrea and Giovanni Della Robbia is quite remarkable. It represents the Celestial Father with Saints and angels. It encloses a fresco, dated late 1300. It has at its sides two statues representing the Assumption and the Archangel Gabriel, made of glassed terracotta, probably executed by Dellla Robbia. On the third altar on the left, there’s located a canvas representing Saint Helen, executed in 1632 by Bartolomeo Barbiani. The organ with cypress pipes, dated XVIth and XVII,th century, inside an inlaid, gilded chest , dated 1700, is quite remarkable.