The Collegiate Church of Santa Maria in Provenzano
A Sienese Hero and the Turkish Flag
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The Collegiate Church of Provenzano arose as a Marian shrine. Thus over the centuries many people have entered its doors to ask for grace from Our Lady or to thank Her for grace received, leaving a devotional object, an ex voto, as a gift. The Turkish flag on the upper left wall of the apse is connected with this custom. We know its history thanks to the diary of the man who brought it here. In . . .