Abbazia di San Crispolto
(11th century ?)
Benedictine abbey
On the traditional site of the martyrdom of St Crispoltus
Now private property
Only the apse and crypt survive.
Chiesa della Compagnia della Morte (date?)
[Details of the church] Frescoes (1806) by Giuseppe Barbaclori
Usually closed
Ipogeo di Colle
(3rd – 1st centuries BC)
Etruscan hypogeum
Discovered outside Bettona in the mid-19th century
Visible from road
Palazzo Baglioni
(15th century)
Belonged to the Baglioni family until the death of Malatesta V Baglioni (1648) Now a hotel.
Palazzo Biancalana
(19th century)
Now houses the entrance to the Pinacoteca Civica and the Museo Civico
Palazzo Comunale
(16th century)
Replaced an older public palace
Still in use as municipal offices
Visit possible in office hours
Palazzo del Podestà (1379)
Second public palace to be built in Bettona
Now houses part of the Pinacoteca Civica
Sant' Andrea
(15th century)
Remains the seat of the Confraternita di Sant’ Andrea
Oratory visible through glass door
Adjacent ex-hospice now houses a hotel/ restaurant.
Sant’ Antonio da Padova
(1494-1502)
Convent below Bettona
Built for Observant Franciscans from Sant' Onofrio (below)
Suppressed in 1866
[Visits?]
Santa Caterina
(1439)
13th century - Site passed from Abbazia di San Crispolto to the first Franciscans in Bettona
1266 - Franciscans moved to San Crispolto
1439 - Female Franciscan tertiaries, built the present complex
1860 - Suppressed
Now abandoned.
San Crispolto
(1265)
Built by monks from Abbazia di San Crispolto to house the relics of St Crispoltus (still here)
Passed to the Franciscans from Santa Caterina in 1266
Visits possible
San Giacomo
(1483)
Benedictine nunnery
Suppressed in the Napoleonic period.
Part of the complex now belongs to the Suore Francescane Missionarie Di Gesu Bambino.
[Visits possible ??]
Santa Maria Maggiore (1225)
Collegiata of Bettona
1225 - Reconstruction of the ancient church
1797 - Reconstruction of adjacent collegiata
1803-16 - Neo-Classical re-modeling of church
Still used for sevices
Sant’ Onofrio
(date?)
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Abbazia di San Quirico
(date?)
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San Pietro (date ?)
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