Renovations for maintenance purposes

Abbadia S.Maria

ABBADIA A ROFENO
ASCIANO (SI)

RESTORATION AND STRUCTURAL CONSOLIDATION OF A PORTION OF THE “ABBADIA DI S. MARIA AND SS. GIACOMO E CRISTOFORO” IN ROFENO, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ASCIANO.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO GLIMPSE THIS JEWEL OF RARE BEAUTY WHICH, ACCORDING TO TRADITION, DATES BACK TO THE BENEDICTINE PERIOD ON A HILLTOP IN THE HEART OF THE CRETE HILLS OF SIENA. THE INTERIOR, EXTERIOR, ROOF AND BELL-TOWER OF THE CHURCH HAVE BEEN RENOVATED. MANY YEARS OF CAREFUL AND METICULOUS RESTORATION WORK HAVE RETURNED THIS BUILDING TO ITS ANCIENT SPLENDOR: THE BELL-TOWER AND ROMANESQUE CHURCH, AS WELL AS THE CLOISTER WITH THE STUNNING DOUBLE ROW BRICKWORK ARCHES AND THE TWO UNUSUAL WELLS. THE HALLS AND CELLS HAVE ALSO BEEN RENOVATED TO OFFER THE MAXIMUM COMFORT WITHOUT MODIFYING THE ANCIENT STRUCTURE.