This is an official from Taiwan but the card shows the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Biagio in Montepulciano, a medieval and Renaissance hill town in southern Tuscany, Italy.
Foto: Paolo Barcucci
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Considered one of the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance,
this church was designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Elder and built in
travertine. Inside, one can find stuccos and Baroque frescoes. The high altar
was created in 1584; it was a great marble altar with four statues of saints,
carried out by Ottaviano Lazzerini. Above the altar, one can appreciate a
stained glass window depicting a Madonna and Saints by Michelangelo da
Cortona. The temple’s origin is linked to a miracle that happened on
April 23, 1518. Two women and a shepherd passed in front of a fresco depicting
Saint Francis and the Madonna and Child and they saw the eyes of the Virgin move
as if she were alive. - in: https://www.turismo.intoscana.it/site/en/itineraries/5af67fa1-25bc-11e3-9935-495d93063fdb/
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