Asciano Attractions
The little town of Asciano lies in the foothills of the Crete, in the Upper Valley of the Ombrone, 25km/15mi southeast of Siena.
The town
Asciano, once held by the Counts of Sinalunga, was acquired by Siena in 1285 and defended against Florentine attack until 1554. Notable features of the town are a Romanesque church, the Collegiata (Sant'Ágata), built of travertine; the Museum of Religious Art (Museo di Arte Sacra), with some fine pictures by medieval painters.
The town
Asciano, once held by the Counts of Sinalunga, was acquired by Siena in 1285 and defended against Florentine attack until 1554. Notable features of the town are a Romanesque church, the Collegiata (Sant'Ágata), built of travertine; the Museum of Religious Art (Museo di Arte Sacra), with some fine pictures by medieval painters.
Etruscan Museum
The Etruscan Museum in Asciano, housed in a small Romanesque church, with finds from five Etruscan chamber tombs discovered in 1957 on the Poggio Pinci, to the east of the town, as well as gold jewelry, bronze fibulas and funerary urns; and the abandoned and dilapidated Romanesque and Gothic Church of San Francesco.
