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39: 97:. Other lunettes in the complex have medieval frescoes that depict monastic life; some of these frescoes have only been recovered with restorations in the late 20th century. In the choir some frescoes depict the life of St Martha, painted by followers of either 105:. Other frescoes in the church depict local beatified monks including, Andrea Gallerani, either Pietro Pettinaio or Niccolatio Bandinelli. Some represent events in the history of the monastic orders and the founders, attributed to 85:
In 1810, the monastery was suppressed by the Napoleonic government. Initially used as a Casa di Forza (jail), after 1816 until 1975, it served as an orphanage. The commune now uses the monastery for historical archives.
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convent for nuns was founded in 1328 by an aristocratic widow, named Milla de’ Conti d’Elci, who endowed the convent with her properties. It is dedicated to St
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style, brick church facade (circa 1501), sober and with two empty niches, designed by Anton Maria Lari (il Tozzo), and decorations of the church by
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The cloister still possesses monochrome 14th-century frescoes attributed to either
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and date to 1389-1435. The refectory frescoes were under restoration in 2006.
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The convent was restructured in the early 16th-century with a new
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on the ceiling. In 1840, the church still possessed paintings by
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article in La Republica, by Mara Amorevoli, 12 April 2006.
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on Via San Marco and 30 meters uphill of Porta San Marco.
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16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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Roman Catholic
Siena
Tuscany
Cappella del Rosario

Augustinian
Martha of Bethany
Renaissance
Sebastiano Folli
Pietro Sorri
Rutilio Manetti
Gualtieri di Giovanni
Benedetto di Bindi
Simone Martini
Matteo Giovannetti
Martino di Bartolomeo
43°18′45″N 11°19′35″E / 43.312423°N 11.326458°E / 43.312423; 11.326458
Le Agostiniane di Santa Marta a Siena
Cenni storico-artistici di Siena e suoi suburbii
Siena, che emozione spunta un affresco dimenticato
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16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches in Siena
Monasteries in Tuscany
Renaissance architecture in Siena

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