Santa Flora and Lucilla Church

The Church dedicated to Saints Flora and Lucilla presents typical elements of medieval Tuscan architecture. Built at the end of the twelfth century, simple and sober, it is characterized by a double sloping façade, with decorations in terracotta and sandstone. To the right of the front of the building stands the bell tower with a quadrangular plan. The interior, characterized by a single nave with a wooden beam ceiling, was once largely frescoed and fragments of the original decorations remain today. The fresco on the left of the entrance represents San Francesco receiving the stigmata at the  Verna Sanctuary: it is generally attributed to the Sienese school, although it has also been attributed to Bartolo di Fredi.

The church houses many work. On the left side of the wall, we find the valuable triptych of the late fourteenth century with the Nativity between Saints Antonio Abate and Agostino, a work by Bartolo di Fredi, followed by a work depicting Jesus on the cross between Saints Bartolomeo and Agostino, attributed to Michele di Matteo (1444); finally, the Madonna with Child enthroned with Saints Andrea and Giovanni, by Benvenuto di Giovanni (1497). At the end of the wall there is a side chapel, whose marble altar houses a polychrome statue of Saint Lucia.

An altarpiece from Sodoma’s workshop depicting the Madonna and Child, Angels and Saints is located behind the altar above the wooden choir. The work is set within a faux-architecture, painted in fresco, on which appear two scenes from the story of the Virgin Mary: Assumption and Crowning of the Virgin.

On the right wall are two large, recently restored canvases from other Torrita churches: Madonna with Child between Saints Carlo Borromeo and Francesco by Rutilio Manetti, and Madonna with Child and Saints Vincenzo, Giovanni Battista, Bartolomeo and Girolamo by Domenico Manetti (mid 17th century).