Santa Maria dei Servi, Siena
View of Santa Maria dei Servi from the south. Photo by haroldH.
View of the incomplete facade and campanile. Photo by Martin Hapl.
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The 13th-century Church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Siena has a Romanesque bell tower and a famous fresco inside.
Santa Maria dei Servi was built in the 13th century and altered in the 15th and 16th centuries in the style of the period.
The plain facade of the church remains unfinished. The Romanesque campanile on the right of the facade has four orders of windows, increasing in number as they go up in order to enhance the effect of perspective.
Inside is a central nave flanked by two aisles and a number of notable artworks. On the right is the Madonna del Bordone (the Virgin and Child with two Angels) by Coppo di Marcovaldo (1261).
In the second chapel in the south transept is the famous Slaughter of the Innocents fresco by Pietro Lorenzetti (c. 1330). The altarpiece is Lippo Memmi's Madonna del Pópolo (c. 1317).
| Names: | Santa Maria dei Servi; Santa Maria degli Servi |
| Type of site: | Parish church |
| Faith: | Roman Catholic |
| Status: | Active |
| Dates: | 13th century |
| Architecture: | Romanesque |
| Location: | SE end of the old town down the Banchi di Sotto. |
- Santa Maria del Servi - Planetware
