Pieve di Santa Maria - overview by Mikebond
Pieve di Santa Maria is one of the main Romanesque churches in Toscana. It was built in 1140 over a church dating of before 1000; it was enriched with Gothic elements in the 14th century and restored in the 19th century.Its Romanesque façade of the 13th century has five blind arches and three series of loggias.
The bell-tower of 1330 is called campanile delle cento buche ("hundred-hole bell-tower") due to its twin lancet windows. The apsis borders Piazza Grande.
