Abbazia di San Galgano

It is located 30 kilometers from Siena, in Chiusdino (Tuscan countryside). This abbey was built in 1218. San Galgano converted after a disordered youth, retired to life as a hermit for penance. The culminating moment of the conversion took place on Christmas day of 1180, when Galgano, who arrived on the Montesiepi hill, set out his sword in the ground, to transform the weapon into a cross. In the roundabout there is a boulder from whose cracks a sword handle. Hence the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table and the sword in the rock.

It is located 30 kilometers from Siena, in Chiusdino (Tuscan countryside). This abbey was built in 1218. San Galgano converted after a disordered youth, retired to life as a hermit for penance. The culminating moment of the conversion took place on Christmas day of 1180, when Galgano, who arrived on the Montesiepi hill, set out his sword in the ground, to transform the weapon into a cross. In the roundabout there is a boulder from whose cracks a sword handle. Hence the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table and the sword in the rock.