The Church of Santa Maria at Panzano in ChiantiHistory, art and architecture of the Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta in Panzano Church of Santa Maria Assunta at Panzano in Chianti History of the Church of Santa Maria at Panzano The previous church of S. Maria in Panzano dated from the Renaissance period. It had a [...]

The current Oratory dates back to no earlier than 1441, when Pope Eugene IV was in Florence. A special indulgence was issued to anyone who had made a donation for the construction of the oratory. The oratory was surely reconstructed at that time because in the oratory as it is now, under the porch, there are the remains of filaretto in the initial part of the right wall, remains that belong to a building of a more modest size, perhaps the building mentioned in the document of the 12 C.