San Quirico d'Orcia - Santi Quirico e Giulitta

A church with a baptismal font (= pieve) existed here within the 8th century, when the area was ruled by Liutprand, King of the Lombards.

The (Latin Cross) church of today was erected in the 12th and 13th century. An inscription on the lintel of one of the three (!) portal reads ".. MCCLXXXXVIII..", what 1298. Santi Quirico e Giulitta was a parish church upto 1648, when it became collegiate church.

Two atlants, standing on the backs of lions, hold the roof of the portico. This portal is attributed to Giovanni Pisano or at least his workshop. Pisano worked in Siena (50kms northwest) in the 1290s.