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The plan, with a nave and two aisles with a semicircular apse, still shows Palaeo-Christian influences. It has green marble columns from Prato with capitals stripped from ancient Roman remains (the Corinthian ones probably coming from the baths existing in the area). The richly decorated wooden ceiling was added in 1333.
The Archdiocese of Florence (Latin: Archidioecesis Florentina) is a Latin Church metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Italy. [1] [2] It was traditionally founded in the 1st century, according to the 14th century chronicler Giovanni Villani. [3] The diocese was directly subordinate to the Holy See (Papacy) until 1420. [4]
The Chiostro della Scalzo or (Via Cavour, 69 vicino a Piazza San Marco) is a cloister in Florence, Italy that originally led to a chapel once belonging to a religious company known as the Compagnia del diciplinati di San Giovanni Battista or della Passione di Cristo. The term "scalzo" makes reference to the barefoot brother who carried the ...
The Florence Baptistery, also known as the Baptistery of Saint John (Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni), is a religious building in Florence, Italy. Dedicated to the patron saint of the city, John the Baptist , it has been a focus of religious, civic, and artistic life since its completion.
There were six distinct excavation campaigns between 1965 and 1974. A last excavation between the baptistery and stairway of the dome was conducted from 1971 to 1972. [1] The discovery of the remains of Santa Reparata has delivered the most concrete evidence of the early Christian age in Florence, which had not been well documented previously.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence The Santa Trinita Maestà (Italian: Maestà di Santa Trinita ) is a panel painting by the Italian medieval artist Cimabue , dating to c. 1288 -1292. Originally painted for the church of Santa Trinita, Florence , where it remained until 1471, it is now in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence , Italy .
The following is a list of the churches in Florence, Italy. For clarity, it is divided into those churches that are north and south of the River Arno . North of the Arno
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station. Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church. The church, the adjoining cloister, and chapter house contain a multiplicity of art treasures and funerary ...