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The Augustinian hermitage, documented from 1119, was built at the lake Verano, hardened already in the Middle Ages. The church and the premises were rebuilt in the thirteenth century and fourteenth centuries, reusing the right side of the old building in a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. In 1366 the entire monastic complex was fortified. The facade of the church is the splayed portal with a round arch. The interior is divided into three bays covered with a cross vault. The church has been the subject of heavy intervention decorative Neo-Gothic style: however, in the apse is conservanp frescoes by Lippo Vanni, depicting stories from the life of the Virgin Mary, angels and saints. The dining room is a fragmentary fresco of the Crucifixion by Giovanni di Paolo, Grace, made around 1445.
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