Church of San Benedetto

An elegant building from the 1700's, this chureh was built on the foundation of an Etruscan tower that existed in 1306. In 1722, when it was re-structured by the Padri Scolopi, the shape was changed from rectangular to oval. In the 17th century the Florentine Taddeo Mazzi frescoed the vault with a representation of S.Giuseppe Calasanzio.

The statue of Christ which dominates the main altar was given to the church at the beginning of the 1600's. In 1422 the church passed into the ownership of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacrament. In 1152 it passed on to the Confraternity of S. Giovanni and then finally to the Piccola Opera della Divina Providenza di D. Orione in 1945. Today it is closed to the public. Of the three bells, one is by Tofano Rofanelli and is from 1858, and the other bears the date of 1963.