• HAMLET OF CALVENZANO

• Località Calvenzano

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• The place-name probably derives from Roman times, there are documents that confirm that between the eleventh and twelfth centuries it was allodial land that belonged to Matilda of Tuscany up until her death when it passed to the church. The very old ecclesiastical structure, renovated and partially rebuilt, still has some very significant Romanesque features: the current facade, the former apse of the original church, has two single-lancet windows, the one on the right is the original, above the door there is a fifteenth century crest in sandstone and although it is quite damaged you can just make out a turreted castle. Like many Parish churches this one was also provided with a strong defence tower which can still be seen to the left of the facade: built in “opus quadratum”, it could date back to 1100 or to the early 1200s.