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San Galgano and the sword in the stone

San Galgano and the sword in the stone

Description

Only the walls of the ancient Cistercian abbey dedicated to San Galgano are still standing: their gothic architecture and the roof open to the sky make this monument an incredibly suggestive place. The hermitage next to the abbey encloses a stone with a sword: the legend tells that Galgano stuck his sword into the rock to turn the weapon to a cross.