San Salvatore, Religious site in Castellina in Chianti, Italy.

San Salvatore is a church in Castellina in Chianti, rebuilt after World War II destruction in neo-Romanesque style by the Sienese architect Menotti Lucattelli. Inside are a detached fresco of the Madonna and Child by the early 15th-century Master of Signa and a polychrome wooden statue of Saint Barnabas, possibly by a mid-15th-century Florentine sculptor.

The church dates from the Middle Ages but was destroyed during the Second World War. It was then rebuilt in neo-Romanesque style under the Sienese architect Menotti Lucattelli, giving the present building its medieval-looking forms.

Inside is a detached fresco of the Madonna and Child by the early 15th-century Master of Signa, and a polychrome wooden statue of Saint Barnabas, perhaps by a Florentine sculptor of the mid-15th century. A glass case holds the body of Saint Faustus, given by a wealthy Sienese family; he became protector of Chianti, invoked in drought and at harvest.

The church stands in the centre of Castellina in Chianti, on the site of the medieval building destroyed in World War II. The interior is small, so the detached Madonna and Child fresco and the polychrome wooden Saint Barnabas are seen at close range. Look for the glass case holding the body of Saint Faustus, invoked against drought and during the grape harvest.

Inside a display case is the body of Saint Faustus, a martyr whose relics a wealthy Sienese family gave to the church. He became the protector of Chianti, invoked by the faithful during drought and at harvest time.