San Giovanni Battista, Mensano Explained

San Giovanni Battista is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic pieve, or rural parish church with baptistery, located in the village of Mensano, in the comune of Casole d'Elsa, Tuscany, Italy.

History

A church at the site is documented in a papal bull of Pope Alexander III since 1171. Inscriptions uncovered in the three nave church attributed work of maestro Buonamico in the construction. Traces of 13th-century frescoes are present.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ecomuseovaldelsa.org/mappa/patrimonio-culturale-materiale/pieve-di-san-giovanni-battista-a-mensano Ecomuseo Val d'Elsa