Cortona - Madonna del Calcinaio

From the Piazza Garibaldi a twisting road with four sharp bends descends for 3km/2mi to the southern slope of the town hill, on which stands the church of Santa Maria del Calcinaio, a beautiful domed building on a cruciform plan by Francesco di Giorgio of Siena. The church was dedicated to a miraculous Madonna (originally on the wall of a lime pit = calcinaio).