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Sant'Agostino is a Roman Catholic church in Siena, region of Tuscany, Italy. ==History== The construction of the church and its associated convent began in 1258 and lasted for more than fifty years. Other renovations and reconstructions were carried out in the following centuries. The church had a major fire in 1747. A few years after this fire, the interior was redesigned by Luigi Vanvitelli, and he maintained the large altars in polychrome marble from the 16th and 17th centuries. The stucco statues in the nave and in the transept date from the Vanvitelli renovation. The portico was constructed in the early 19th-century by Agostino Fantastici. The church is home to a large number of artworks, including: *''Baptism of Constantine'' by Francesco Vanni *''Trinity and Saints'' altarpiece by Pietro Sorri *Funerary monument of Agostino Chigi (1631) *''Birth of the Virgin''and ''Nativity'' in chapel on Right by Francesco di Giorgio Martini and his workshop *''Path to the Calvary'' by Ventura Salimbeni *''The Temptation of St Anthony'' by Rutilio Manetti *Bichi Chapel * *Frescoes by Francesco di Giorgio e Luca Signorelli (recently found) * *Altarpiece of ''San Cristoforo'' by Niccolo Franchini *Cappella Piccolomini * *''Enthroned Madonna with child and saints'' by Ambrogio Lorenzetti * *Piccolomini altar in polychrome marble (1596), which houses an''Adoration of the Magi'' by Il Sodoma and a ''Crucifixion'' by Perugino * *Funerary monument to Pope Pius II (1850) The church was adjacent to the Collegio Tolomei, Siena with neoclassical portico by Agostino Fantastici. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sant'Agostino (Siena)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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