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| 48 - The church of Santo Stefano in Pozzolatico | |
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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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| Aree tematiche correlate: Curches |
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| 49 - Tabernacle Via Ponte a Jozzi | |
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Address: via Ponte a Jozzi, in front of the villa Torre Rossa
This XVIII-XIX century tabernacle is linked to the protective wall by two wide arched volutes. Its covering is made of tiles and goblets. The niche is framed by stone. Inside there is a terracotta plaque with the Virgin in throne with Child which is inserted into an arch supported by two Ionic columns.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 50 - The Saint Peter Church in San Gersolè | |
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History: The antique denomination was San Pietro in Jerusalem. The Gherardini, an ancient Florentine family who owned many estates in this area, commissioned the building of it around the XIII century, as can be deduced both by the architectural structure and by the materials used in the back wall.
Description: It has a Romanesque plan. On the wall of the transept there are paintings of the XVII century and the “Via Crucis” by Luigi Sabatelli. The church, restored in the XIX century, has a characteristic position: it is on a hill.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Curches |
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| 51 - Niche Via Montauto | |
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This XX-century niche is made of cement. Inside there is a terracotta relief made in modern times which depicts the “Pietà”.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 52 - Tabernacle Via Mezzomonte | |
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Address: Via Mezzomonte 8/12
This XVI-century tabernacle has a monumental structure that is in contrast with the simplicity of the surroundings. In the centre of the architectural complex there are two half columns that support a trabeation. This is articulated in accordance with the classical rules: architrave, frieze and frame. In the tympanum there is a coat of arms. Inside the aedicule there are signs of frescoes that presumably date back to the XIX century.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 53 - The church of San Lorenzo a Colline | |
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History: There are documents concerning this ancient and gracious church as far back as 1156. In the XIII century the patronage was exerted by the Rossi d’Oltrarno and by the Buondelmonti. Then the patronage passed to the Capitani di Parte and to the Grand Duchy.
Description: The church houses the magnificent polyptych by Lorenzo di Niccolò, with the Virgin in throne with Child in its centre and the Saints Nicola di Bari, Lawrence, Michael the Archangel and Giuliano at its sides.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Curches |
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| 54 - Niche Via di S. Isidoro | |
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Address: via San Isidoro at the crossing with Via Impruneta per Pozzolatico
This XVIII-century niche is in the wall of a house. Inside we can see an outstanding terracotta work with polychrome traces. The single high-relief images constitute a scene divided in two parts: high above on a cloud, there is the Virgin with child inserted in an intertwined crown that is surrounded by cherubs; below the saints Isidoro Agricola and Carlo Borromeo are placed at each side of a tree, which symbolises life and agriculture.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 55 - Tabernacle Via Imprunetana | |
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Address: via Imprunetana per Pozzolatico
This tabernacle dates back to the end of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX. It has a brick structure which is inserted in a stone protective wall. It has a pediment with a cotto tile covering. On the wall there is a recent terracotta medallion depicting the Virgin with Child and a suspended terracotta flower box. Below on the left we can see a small stone basin overtopped by the nozzle of the fountain.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 56 - Aedicule Via Imprunetana | |
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Address: via Imprunetana per Pozzolatico, Monte Oriolo
This XIX-century aedicule has a pointed arch supported by two pillars. All the elements are made in pietra serena. The two-slope wooden roof is covered with bricks. It is worth noting the particular position of this aedicule, which is perpendicular to the street and its facade faces Florence. On the back wall there are traces of a fresco.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Villas and Monument |
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| 57 - Niche Via Imprunetana | |
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Address: via Imprunetana per Pozzolatico 68, Monte Oriolo
This XVIII-century niche has a classical architectural structure with a rounded arch supported by two pillars and crowned by a frame. In the niche, on a brick pedestal we can see a terracotta high-relief with the Virgin with Child. It was presumably placed here in 1711 for the procession which took place on the 21st of May.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 58 - The church of Saint Michael in Nizzano | |
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This is a striking country church characterised by a simple baroque architecture. It is worth noting the particular bell tower “a vela”. Adjoining the church a row of cypresses frames the small cemetery.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Curches |
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| 59 - Niche Via Imprunetana | |
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Address: via Imprunetana per Pozzolatico 71
This XVIII-century niche has a frame and a base both made of squared stone. The design is very simple. Inside there is a beautiful glazed terracotta with the image of the Virgin framed by the open doors of a tabernacle in miniature.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 60 - Tabernacle Via di Quintole | |
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Address: via di Quintole per le Rose, Ravanella
This XVII-XVIII century tabernacle is linked to the protective wall by two side volutes made of masonry. Their profile is wide and easy. Two massive piers, which rest on a moulded shelf, are linked by an architrave that is surmounted by a pediment with an arch. This architectural structure frames the niche which includes a terracotta. The latter reproduces an aedicule with the Virgin and child and externally at its side the Saints Peter and Paul.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 61 - The church of San Miniato | |
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Address: Via di Quintole per Le Rose
This XIV century church is typical for its use of cotto as an architectural and decorative element, such as the external trimmings of the arches and of the pillars in the portico and the cotto lunette above the door.
The church has an architectural style which is both elegant and, at the same time, severe; its plan is a Latin Cross and its portico has three wide arcades.
Inside, in one of the chapels, there are Medieval and Renaissance remains: a Virgin with Child and other fragments from frescoes of the Florentine school at the beginning of the XIV century; in the apse the Virgin with four saints, a wooden board painted by Bicci di Lorenzo at the beginning of the XV century.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Curches |
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| 62 - Tabernacle Via di Quintole | |
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Address: via di Quintole per le Rose 29
This tabernacle (1743) is composed by a massive masonry structure characterised by wide and elegant volutes. The brick covering has a wooden structure and protects a refined stone aedicule. The latter frames a niche which has traces of a fresco depicting the crucifixion. After recent restoration a small enamelled terracotta with Pietà was added. Below the inscription is almost illegible “ant. Maria di gio. battista petraifece l’anno mdccxliii”.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 63 - Tabernacle Via di Quintole | |
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Address: via di Quintole per le Rose, Erta a Quintole
This XVIII-century tabernacle, which stands out from a protective wall, has a long and narrow shape which culminates with a two-slope brick covering. The niche rests on a small shelf with the image and it houses a terracotta plaque of the Virgin with Child, two little angels and the Grand ducal crown. All these elements are inserted in a Della Robbia wreath.
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| 64 - Niche Via di Quintole | |
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Address: via di Quintole per le Rose 51
This XVII-century niche is in the wall of the villa “Il Brolio” and it has a pietra serena frame and a rounded arch. The niche’s base is a stone shelf which rests on two fluted consoles. Inside there are three terracotta slates made in Impruneta with high-relief images of the Virgin, the Announcing Angel and the Dove.
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| 65 - Niche Montemeccoli | |
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Address: via Binazzi 3, Montemeccoli
This is group of XVIII-century niches of articulated workmanship. The niches are placed at the edge of the protective wall with three rounded arches. The central arch is underlined by a stone frame. Inside there is a polychrome glazed terracotta bas-relief depicting the Annunciation on the Della Robbia model. A wooden structure supports the protruding part of the brick covering.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 66 - Tabernacle Via Imprunetana | |
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Address: via Imprunetana per Pozzolatico
This XIX-century tabernacle has a magnificent structure made of stone. The facade seems to be that of a Renaissance church. An entablature is in its higher part. Under the arch there is a terracotta bas-relief with the Virgin in throne with Child. A marble plaque so placed on the 7th September 1871 in honour of the miracle of the olive tree, an event which took place on the 24th August 1499, in accordance with the tradition.
Sia lodato iddio
Storia e tradizione volgare ricordano
Che col dì 24 agosto 1499
Riportandosi processionalmente da Firenze
La tavola della Madonna di questa terra
Se li applicò addosso
Una cioccia di questi ulivo già inaridito
Il quale presto rinverdì
E da indi in poi fu chiamato dal popolo
L’ulivo della Madonna
Per onoranza di tempi forti nella fede
Il proprietario del fondo
Commendator consigliere Zanobi Pasqui
Senatore del regno
Pose questa lapide il dì 7 settembre 1871
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 67 - Tabernacle Via del Desco | |
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Address: via del Desco 70/72
This XV-century tabernacle is surmounted by two slopes that are supported by three stone shelves. It is constituted by two masonry piers, with stone base and capital. Their higher parts are linked by a rounded arch.
Inside the niche we can see a fresco depicting the Virgin in throne with child and four saints, and the Annunciation and the Crucifixion in the lunette. This magnificent tabernacle faces the Basilica in Impruneta. It is obviously related to the processions.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 68 - Niche Via del Desco | |
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Address: via del Desco 24
This XVIII-century niche is located on the axe of the entrance door of the house. Inside there is a copper-green glazed terracotta plaque with the image of the Annunciation which is inserted in the wall.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 69 - Tabernacle Via del Desco | |
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Address: via del Desco 5-7
This outstanding tabernacle dates back to the XIV and XV centuries. It rests on a slight stone shelf supported by two consoles and has a brick covering.
This great niche has a stone arched lintel elegantly made, which is typical of Gothic architecture. Both the dimension and the rich decorations allow us to imagine the presence of a fresco, now completely lost. This is one of the most ancient tabernacles in the Impruneta territory.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 70 - Niche Via del Desco | |
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This XX-century niche is not very deep. In its higher part there is an stone cuspidated architrave. In the rectangular terracotta plaque there is the famous icon of the Madonna di Impruneta, which appears in the open tabernacle. This icon is placed inside a fruit and leaf swag with a cherub head in its keystone. In the predella we can see the Finding of the Sacred Image.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 71 - Niche Via Paolieri | |
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This XVIII-century niche is in the wall of a colonial house. It has a terracotta bas-relief with the Finding of the Holy Image.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 72 - Niche Via Paolieri | |
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This XVIII-century niche is in the wall of a colonial house. It has a terracotta bas-relief with the Finding of the Holy Image.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 73 - Tabernacles Via V. Veneto | |
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Address: via Vittorio Veneto and the ascent to Monte delle Ss. Marie
This group of XX-century tabernacles consists of 16 structures, which are placed along the via Vittorio Veneto and along the ascent that leads to the cemetery on the Monte delle Ss. Marie. Inside each tabernacle we can see terracotta plaques with the images of the Mysteries of the Rosary as well as other allegorical scenes. All the tabernacles are made of stone and brick masonry with a brick covering. The inscription on the first tabernacle says: “due to the initiative of the entire population of Impruneta, the 15 little chapels of the Rosary, that start in this place to eventually reach the Monte delle Sante Marie, have been given the antique magnificence, as a sign of the imperishable inaugural memory of the image of the miraculous Madonna di Impruneta. We remember with our devotion its last translation which took place on the 18th October 1714 and returned to the hill, through a solemn procession on the 14th June 1970 in the presence of the Cardinal the Archbishop of Florence e. Florit”.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 74 - Niche Via del Ferrone | |
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Address: via del Ferrone 42, La Presura
This niche dates back to the XVIII and the XIX centuries. It is very simple, small and has a rectangular shape. It is located in the wall of a house and it is underlined by its brick base. Inside there is a glazed terracotta plaque with the Virgin with Child who appears from the tabernacle that serves as a window.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 75 - Tabernacle Via del Ferrone | |
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Address: via del Ferrone 43, La Presura
This XIX-century tabernacle has the simple shape of a parallelepiped made of brick masonry and with a two-slope brick covering. The terracotta plaque depicts the Virgin in throne with Child and it is inserted in an aedicule with open doors.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 76 - Niche Via del Ferrone | |
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Address: via del Ferrone, near the Accursio Square
This niche dates back to the XVII and the XIX centuries is in the containment wall of the street. It is a significant example of the religious transformation of a small civil structure (a fountain) by means of a terracotta plaque with the Annunciation. The niche is framed by a simple squared stone which consists of a base and of two high piers. It finishes in a rounded arch. Every element is made of a single piece. A XVI-century chronicle tells us that in a period of severe drought, only the water of this fountain was available throughout the territory of Impruneta. On the other hand “it so often happened that people afflicted with fever suddenly recovered by drinking this water. The glorious Mater Virgin Maria, our protectress, is to be praised”.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| 77 - Niche P.za Accursio | |
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This XVIII-century niche is located inside the protective wall of the Basilica. Its width is unusual. It has a beautiful pietra serena frame with a rounded arch. The background of the niche consists of three elements: a terracotta plaque with the Virgin in throne which is inserted in a tabernacle with the Saints Peter and Paul at the sides; a pietra serena medallion with the monogram of Saint Bernardino; a pietra serena cartouche with the inscription “fece sabatino gherardini 1718”.
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| Aree tematiche correlate: Tabernacles |
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| Interactive map |
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From the city of Florence the route leads back to Impruneta along the Via Imprunetana, passing through Pozzolatico, stopping off to admire the tabernacles and bassorilievi in terracotta, until you arrive in the historical centre.
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