San Galgano

San Galgano was a young noble man who grew up in Chiusdino (a village nearby). Where today there is the abbey called by his name around XII century AD there was just a wood. Galgano was a knight, but one day he had dream because of which he decided to devote himself fully to the religious life. He reached Montesiepi, which is the hillock close to the abbey and lived alone in pray. As all the knight he possessed a sword, then he took his own sword and thrust it into a rock. The thrust sword became suddenly a symbol of the cross and Saint Galgano decided that he preferred pray instead of fight. Today on the Montesiepi hillock there is another nice small church, which in a rounding shape contains that rock. Those monks who came to live in this holy place have built the abbey after Saint Galgano death. It was a big abbey but it has been neglected for a long time. So nowadays only the walls still remain. I think that there are so many churches made with many ornaments, but one like this, which has the skies as a roof and a beautiful green grass as pavement: nowhere else could you see it!