The Medieval village of Chianni

The village of Chianni is surrounded by a rich wood vegetation that makes it wonderful for the visitors who can take both natural courses discovering an untouched nature and cultural courses admiring the artistic beauties of the place.

On the place where a Romanic parish once rose, it is now possible to admire the Saint Donato Parish, whose inside saves an altar made by using marble from Carrara and a painting dating back to the XVI-th century, portraying an "Our Lady of the Rosary".

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Very interesting is also the very ancient Company's Church. Of the original building there are just two statues portraying the "Our Lady" and "Archangel Gabriel", both placed close to the main altar, and the earth-made floor.

Inside the Company's Church it is also possible to admire numerous frescoes painted in the XVIII-th century by Donato Tempesti during the restoration works made by the architect Giacomo Donati.

Close to the historic centre there is the Our Lady of the Carmine Church, surrounded by a rich pine-wood. Its actual aspect is the result of the numerous modifications made in the last centuries and for which now it is characterized by a pronaos with columns in an eighteenth-century style and a stone-made facade.