Now just a sleepy village, Sovana, on the southern borders of Tuscany, enjoyed rather greater importance in Mediaeval times.
The birthplace of Pope Gregory VII, it was once the seat of a bishopric, and the church of Saints Peter and Paul, which is now marooned amid fields to the south-west of the village, still enjoys the courtesy title of "Concattedrale".
Although subsequently much altered, parts of the building (such as the crypt) are thought to date from the 9th century ...
... while the carving on some of the nave capitals retains a pleasing simplicity and directness, as here, with the Garden of Eden:
The interior appears to have undergone a fairly thorough-going makeover in Gothic style...
... in marked contrast to the exterior, wwhich has become a repository for miscellaneous fragments of carving, such as the mismatched brackets and sill below this window:
... a process carried to extremes on the South Doorway - click to explore: