{"id":309189,"date":"2024-08-09T21:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/montefollonico-st-leonards-church-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T11:11:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T10:11:54","slug":"montefollonico-church-of-san-leonardo","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/montefollonico-church-of-san-leonardo\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of San Leonardo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The church of San Leonardo in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/village\/montefollonico\/\"><strong>Montefollonico<\/strong><\/a> has been documented since 1216. Characterised by a transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic, it has a single nave with a transept limited to the left arm. The fa\u00e7ade is crowned by a cornice supported by hanging arches resting on corbels decorated with motifs that are repeated on the right side. There is a beautiful, strongly splayed portal with small columns with richly decorated capitals and a round arch. The lintel is supported by carved corbels. The brick oculus appears to be the result of a later renovation. On the right side, there is another portal, with jambs flanked by small columns with foliage capitals, and two Gothic single-lancet windows. The building is characterised by its carefully crafted stone wall facing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of San Leonardo in Montefollonico, a 13th-century medieval building with a Romanesque splayed portal, hanging arches and elegant Gothic single-lancet windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":236225,"template":"","village-conntection":[50849],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76220,76210],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-309189","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-montefollonico-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-siena-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-tuscany","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/309189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/what-to-see"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/309189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=309189"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-region-and-provinces","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-region-and-provinces?post=309189"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=309189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}