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The Castle of the Magione
The Castle of the Magione is a wondeful monumental complex that dates from the 12th century. The whole complex belonged in a first time to the Templar and from 14th century to the Gerosolimitani monks. Two building structures, one of the Spedale and the one called 'castle' are encircled by walls that join both together, but inside the single structures are separate, both looking on to on a small inner courtyard. The Spedale has two entrances, one of them is opened on the wall on the road side: this allowed the access of the pilgrims in the nocturnal hours, when all the other accesses were closed.
San Martino a Luco
Not far from the Castle of Strozzavolpe there is San Martino a Luco, a church of Romanesque origin, made by regular blocks of tufa and travertine, mentioned for the first time in the 983. In the 998 was given by the marquise Ugo di Toscana to the Badia of Marturi and, in the following centuries, lived continuos fights for the control of its richness.
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