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San Francesco a Cortona
Via Berrettini 52044 Cortona0575 603205
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The church, built in 1245 with the typical pattern Franciscan vast hall ends in a cross vault flanked by two smaller chapels also to cruise.
The façade retains the pointed arch doorway splayed, with three columns in the splay, and the tax of a great eye. In the apse are visible profiles of Gothic windows partially walled. On the left side you can see the eastern wing of the cloister where two mullioned windows, now walled up, and a pointed arch door, relative to the chapter house.
Inside, the Nativity of Raffaello Vanni, the Annunciation by Pietro da Cortona, St. Anthony of Padua and the miracle of Cigoli's mule, and the Virgin in Glory with Saints Ciro Ferri.
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