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==Main sights==
Adjoining the church is the Museo d'Arte Sacra where works by painters in the Sienese manner of the 14th and 15th centuries are exhibited. The Museo Archeologico contains finds from the excavation of chamber tombs from the cemetery of Poggio Pinci.
10 kilometers (6 mi) to the south is the large [[Benedictine]] monastery of [[Monte Oliveto Maggiore]], mother-house of the [[Olivetans]] and founded in 1320. The cloister is famous for the series of frescoes illustrating scenes from the legend of [[St. Benedict]] begun by [[Luca Signorelli]] and completed by [[il Sodoma]] in 1505. The latter master's work is perhaps nowhere better represented than here. The church contains fine inlaid choir stalls by [[Fra Giovanni da Verona]]. The buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the grey clayey and sandy soil—the ''{{lang|it|crete senesi}}'' which give this area of Tuscany its name. The monastery is described by [[Pope Pius II]] in his ''Commentaria''.<ref name="EB1911"/>
* [[San Bernardino, Asciano|San Bernardino]]: small Romanesque church
==Neighbouring comuni==
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