{"id":4959,"date":"2022-02-20T22:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T22:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunrisebeb.com\/?p=4959"},"modified":"2022-02-20T22:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T22:53:25","slug":"magical-abbey-san-galgano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunrisebeb.com\/en\/magical-abbey-san-galgano\/","title":{"rendered":"Magical Abbey of San Galgano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Magical Abbey San Galgano feel you are in an enchanted dimension<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is 1 hour and 30 min by car from Massarosa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magical Abbey San Galgano is wide and Cistercian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

without the roof due to a lightning strike that makes it looks like<\/p>\n\n\n\n

even bigger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its perimeter walls never end except in the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cult San Galgano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cult of San Galgano later became a saint he was who built this place<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knight arrived in this place at the Hermitage of Montesiepi which is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

closed to it of the Abbey and stuck a sword in the stone to transform it into a cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 3 San Galgano is celebrated who died in 1181 after retiring<\/p>\n\n\n\n

here following a dissolute life and then following a hermit’s life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buildings shows up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Building is presented in a place that it represented in its time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

an important communication route such as the Maremma Road<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Near fields Near woods Near rivers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plant was austere and followed the canons of the second Cistercian Abbeys<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the rules of S. Bernard<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church externally<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Externally the building faces east and it has a double sloping facade<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and makes it clear that it is divided into three naves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mullioned windows Side naves where a part of the Cloister is reconstructed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

to the right<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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San Galgano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scriptorium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You enter the Scriptorium immediately in the ground floor area where the Monks are here<\/p>\n\n\n\n

they copied the manuscripts in a large room with two naves and five pillars <\/p>\n\n\n\n

cruciforms that support cross vaults<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scriptorium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Visits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Visits to the abbey are possible with a ticket of \u20ac 5 full and \u20ac 4 reduced every day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Municipality of Chiusdino is the administration that takes care of this place here you can<\/p>\n\n\n\n

inform here : https:\/\/www.comune.chiusdino.siena.it\/it\/page\/visita-abbazia-di-san-galgano-orari-di-apertura-e-p<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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