The church has undergone significant changes over the course of history. Documented since 1036, an earthquake in the 14th century destroyed the primitive three-nave building, which was rebuilt with a single nave. During the era of Renaissance Humanism, it enjoyed the patronage of the Medici, and the portico was built in the 1600s. Finally, it was completely rebuilt in the 19th century. The vault and the apsidal dome are decorated with beautiful nineteenth-century frescoes. Also worthy of note are the Madonna and Child by Michelino and Santa Filomena by Costoli.
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CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
925 mt
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This children’s hospital was built upon a pledge of love. Established in 1884, it was, in fact, built by Russian philanthropist Giovanni Meyer as a tribute to his wife who died young and had express [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
1.4 km
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It is an enclosed nunnery belonging to the Order of the Carmelite Nuns, housed in Villa il Pino and founded in the 11th century along with the Church of Santa Maria Maddalena de Pazzi. It owes its nam [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
714 mt
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Surrounded as it is by tall trees, this great renaissance villa, just steps away from the car park of the Careggi Hospital, often goes unnoticed. This is, however, the villa where one of the most illu [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
1.4 km
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This villa originally belonged to the Pazzi family, but was confiscated following the notorious conspiracy against the Medici. The beautiful loggia with romantic views of the garden exudes 17th cent [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
500 mt
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Located near the famous Medici Villa where Lorenzo the Magnificent was born and died, the church of St. John the Baptist in Careggi was built in the early 20th century, and is dedicated to the city’ [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
400 mt
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ViIla Aurora is one of the largest of the stately villas grouped picturesquely on the hills just above Careggi, and was already documented in the late 14th century as the property of the Macinghi, a n [...]
MORGAGNI - UNIVERSITÀ
1 km
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A Benedictine convent established in 1342 thanks to the bequest left by the aristocratic Florentine family Lottieri Davanzati. Access to the convent is through a fourteenth-century single-nave portal [...]
CAREGGI - OSPEDALE
181 mt
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A Protestant Christian denomination formally established in the mid-19th century and present in Italy since the 1930s, the Seventh Day Adventist Church has two places of worship in Florence, one in th [...]
