Churches
Sant'Ilario a Isola
SIENA
Isola d'Arbia, the place so named because, like Abbadia a Isola, it probably stood on land above the surrounding aquifer, preserves this small church, with a Romanesque façade decorated with two-tone arches. The vault of the small portal is also two-tone. A small cross-shaped window opens above the arches, and the bell tower is gabled.
An interesting flower symbol (or cross?) is carved on a stone block set into the wall, at the top right, next to which is another block with a zoomorphic scene. A cross is also engraved in the center of the portal archivolt.
This small church was one of the many places where pilgrims stopped on their way back from holy
Isola d'Arbia, the place so named because, like Abbadia a Isola, it probably stood on land above the surrounding aquifer, preserves this small church, with a Romanesque façade decorated with two-tone arches. The vault of the small portal is also two-tone. A small cross-shaped window opens above the arches, and the bell tower is gabled.
An interesting flower symbol (or cross?) is carved on a stone block set into the wall, at the top right, next to which is another block with a zoomorphic scene. A cross is also engraved in the center of the portal archivolt.
This small church was one of the many places where pilgrims stopped on their way back from holy