Church of Santa Maria Nuova

This building is late-Renaissance in the form of a Greek cross, which began in 1550 from a plan by Cristofanello. After his death the design was tered by Vasari. You can see that the body of the church is Renaissance in style but the cupola is Baroque. The size of the church is 20 m by 20 m. In 1738 it was established as a Collegiate Church and has been a parish church since 1805.

The high altar is by the Cortonese, Mariotto Radi and is worthy of note. The painting in the chapel to the right of the entrance represents the Birth of the Madonna and is by the Florentine, Allori. The two altarpieces of the Annunciation by Jacopo Climenti and San Carolo Borrommeo by Baccio da Barga are also worth looking at. The stained glass window in the facade of the Adoration of the Magi is very effective and was done by Urbano Urbani, a pupil of Marcillat, in 1586.

The windows of the cupola were Recently restored and painted and have been re-opened. The two bells are both of the carly 1700's.