Montepulciano - Sant'Agnese

Outside the town walls of Montepulciano, reached by the Porta al Prato at the north end of the town, is the Church of Sant'Agnese, dedicated to St Agnes of Montepulciano (Agnese Segni, d. 1317). It occupies the site of the earlier church of Santa Maria Novella built by the Saint herself. In the first chapel on the right is a fresco of the Madonna, of the school of Simone Martini; on the high altar is the Saint's reliquary. Adjoining the church is a cloister with 17th century frescoes.