The magnificent Abbey of San Galgano : a view of the Eremo di Montesiepi from a window of the Abbey

The ruins (no windows, no floor and no roof...)of the great Abbey of

San Galgano and the Eremo of Montesiepi (where Saint Galgano was

buried), with Its precious Sword in the Cliff, is one of most

evocative places in Tuscany. The construction of the great Abbey

started around 1220 A.C.and it was finished around 1268, when it was

officially consecrated from the Bishop of Volterra Alberto Solari.

Then, followed one hundred years of great splendor until 1364 to

which it followed the slow forfeiture.