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Black and white: the roofless nave of San Galgano Abbey, a long row of pointed stone arches with sunlight falling in patches on the gravel floor.

San Galgano

Chiusdino, Italy. 2026

The abbey of San Galgano, in the Tuscan hills south-west of Siena, has had no roof for more than two centuries. I found the Gothic arches still standing and the sun falling straight onto the floor of the nave.

I shot down the side aisle so the arches repeat into the distance. Black and white keeps it about the stone and the light.

Place

Chiusdino, Italy
43.1500° N, 11.1519° E

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Camera

Body
Sony A7C II
Lens
Tamron 28-200mm F2.8-5.6
Settings
54mm · f/8 · 1/400s