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In the immediate outskirts of Poggio
Mirteto lies the ancient graveyard and church of Saint Paolo, part of
the original
structure of ann important castle which was founded between the
thirteenth and fouteenth centuries. The small building presents a
single hall structure with four bays which hold the ogival
arches. Owing to the numerous restorations which the church
underwent during the centuries, the original structure has been
greatly modified. Despite these interventions, however, the precious
and interesting works of art which the building contains are in a poor
state of conservation. On the left hand-side of the counter façade one
can see the most important painting, a fresco which represents "L'incontro tra i tre vivi con i tre morti"; the opera
is described by means of an inscription in dialetical metrics, a type
of writing which slowly vanished during the centuries. The apse
contains a fresco of the first half of the sixteenth century which
depicts the coronation of the Virgin amidst singing angels.
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