{"id":311416,"date":"2024-08-09T22:46:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/semproniano-st-marys-church-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:42:27","slug":"semproniano-church-of-santa-maria","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/semproniano-church-of-santa-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Santa Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Also known as the Church of Consolation, the Church of Santa Maria is a significant landmark situated in the main square at the entrance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/semproniano-rocchette-di-fazio\/\"><strong>Rocchette di Fazio<\/strong><\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/semproniano\/\"><strong>Semproniano.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sacred site, dating back to the 16th century, was granted parish status in 1884, having previously belonged to the parish of Santa Cristina, thus marking its importance within the area\u2019s religious heritage.<\/p>\n<p>The building boasts fascinating architectural features, including a gabled fa\u00e7ade with an oculus and a bell gable at the rear. The interior of the church, however, conceals an artistic treasure of great charm: a marvellous polychrome terracotta \u2018Assunta\u2019 dating from the 15th\u201316th centuries, which is the focus of celebrations every 15 August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Maria in Rocchette di Fazio: a 16th-century building with a gabled fa\u00e7ade and a precious polychrome terracotta statue of the Assumption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":238306,"template":"","village-conntection":[51091],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76213,76210],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-311416","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-semproniano-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-grosseto-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\/311416","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\/311416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=311416"},{"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=311416"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=311416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}