Pieve di Romena
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The Pieve di Romena,
located near Romena
Castle, is one of
the largest parish
churches in the
Casentino. We know
the year it was
built from an
inscription on the
first column on the
left, where the year
1152 is carved.Its
interior, both
austere and
evocative, gives the
feeling of a past so
near that one can
almost reach out and
touch it.
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Today, nearly half
its original size,
and done completely
in pietra serena,
the church enthrals
us, taking us back
over centuries.
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The structure is divided
into a nave and two
aisles by Romanesque
columns with elaborate
capitals that are unique
in the history of art.
Some scholars
hypothesise they were
produced by local
labourers who also
decorated other parish
churches in the
Casentino, with
contributions from
Lombard art. Others
believe the artists came
from outside.
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The building is striking
for the charm and
workmanship of the
symbolic figures
sculpted on the grey
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