Tuscany Travel Guide | The Chapel of the Madonna di Vitaleta, near San Quirico d'Orcia

Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, San Quirico d'Orcia

The Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta is a small sacred building is located on a hilltop in the village Vitaleta on the road that connects San Quirico d'Orcia to Pienza.

From it comes the statue of the Madonna attributed to Andrea della Robbia, now in the church dedicated to her in the center of SanQurico, the statue would be purchased in a shop in Florence in 1553.
There are traces of the chapel for the first time in a document dated 1590. The present appearance is the result of restructuring by architect Giuseppe Partini in 1884, inspired by models sixteenth.
The Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta was placed under protection as a UNESCO heritage site.[1]

The Chapel of Our Lady of Vitaleta, San Quirico d'Orcia

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Madonna di Andrea della Robbia, originariamente posta nella cappella	Cipressi e la Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta, tra Pienza and San Quirico d'Orcia	San Quirico d'Orcia, Cappella della Madonna di Vitaleta

Cypress trees between San Quirico d'Orcia and Montalcino	Pienza	Horti Leonini, San Quirico d'Orcia
[1] Source: www.valdorciasenese.com [2] Source: www.caivaldarnosuperiore.it
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