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| 48 - The church of Santo Stefano in Pozzolatico | Interactive map |
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History: Pozzolatico has been known since Roman times, as the name “Puteum Laticum” indicates. The church is named after Saint Stephen and it was given a certain importance. In the XIV century the powerful Florentine families (Strozzi, Dei, Monaldi, Ricci etc. etc.), owners of villas and houses in this village, exerted their influence on it. Later, the church was dedicated to Santa Caterina dei Ricci.
Description: the facade is made both in pietra serena and plaster. Inside there is only one aisle with side altars built with the same materials.
It preserves signs of the ancient families such as various coats of arms and emblems of the Ricci family and a chapel of De Larderel Counts, who were the following patrons. We can also see many art works. Among them, on the first altar to the left we can see the image of Santa Caterina dei Ricci (XVII century), depicted at the moment when she was receiving Christ in her arms; on the second altar the Virgin with Child and Saint John between the Saints Cosma and Damiano by Alessandro Allori. On the second altar to the right we find the precious Madonna delle Grazie by Jacopo del Casentino, one of the most important painters of the XIV-century Florence. The bell tower was built in the XIV century.
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