the magnificent abbey of san galgano The magnificent Abbey of San Galgano : a view from the back of the Abbey late afternoon.

This shot was taken in late afternoon, with the warmer sunlight

passing through the windows creating the illusion of an artificial

light into the Abbey.

The ruins 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.