Chiesa di Sant'Andrea

Umbria


On the main drag through the village, this much-modified Gothic church features some fine 16th-century artworks. Its prize feature is Pinturicchio's Madonna con Bambino e santi (Madonna with Child and Saints; 1507–8) in the right transept.


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