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Address: front of Via Lunigiana, Galluzzo
This XIX-century tabernacle inserted in the protective wall of Certosa has a frame in pietra serena. The niche houses a beautiful coloured ceramic on a golden background, which was so placed in 1956. It depicts the Madonna protectress the city. The Virgin is seated on a cloud with her lap full of flowers, which She lets fall onto Florence one by one. This art-piece, by Giorgio Lenzi Orlandi Cardini, was made in the Manifattura del Cardo d’Oro. Following a spontaneous habit, which was first performed right after the inauguration of this tabernacle, young spouses have the custom of leaving their wedding bouquet here and in time this has become a tradition.
Traditionally, in this place the priests of the Certosa used to wait for the arrival of the sacred Image with “a torch in their hands”. This image was on its way to Florence. In particular, the Bishop Casotti tells us that, on the occasion of the 1711 procession a magnificent triumphal arch was erected to welcome the Image. The arch “was enriched by an altar, placed in the background, which displayed the rich silver colection” owned by the convent. “Under this arch all the monks knelling, in their hands carried huge torches ”.
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