The Collegiate Church of Casole d'Elsa

The Collegiate Church was built in the XII-th century on the place where once an ancient Romanic church rose. During the XV-th century the building was restored in Gothic style.

The interior of the Collegiate Church has just an aisle, with an uncovered roof beams.

On the right side of the main portal it is possible to see a fine baptismal font with a little statue portatraying "Saint John Baptist".

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Along the right side it is possible to admire two fine paintings dating back to th XVI-th century portraying, one of them an "Annunciation" whereas the other one a "Crib" and also the funerary monuments of the Bishop Tommaso Andrei built by the sculptor from Siena Gano di Fazio (XIII-XIVth centuries), also named "Gano da Siena".

Along the opposite side there is the Beltramo Aringhieri's cenotaph, an art work in Gothic style by Marco Romano.

From the Collegiate Church it is possible to enter an underground room where the remains of the ancient Romanic building are still visible today.

Close to the Collegiate Church is the Oratory of the Misericordy, whose inside it is possible to admire an "Annunciation" painted by Rutilio Manetti (1571-1639).