It is the heart of Scandicci and until a few years ago it housed the town hall which was then moved to the adjacent Resistance area. But it is here that city life had its most important moments, and the square that had long been without a name, was first called Umberto I and then, after World War II, Giacomo Matteotti. A way to emphasize the anti-fascist spirit of the town which until 1929 was called Casellina e Torri. A story told through the tombstones that can be found under the arcades of the old town hall transformed first into a library and then into an Urban Center.
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699 mt
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It was the first theatre in Scandicci and its origins date back to 1860 when it began as a philharmonic society. Inside it still has works by Macchiaiolo painter Federico Andreotti, and is today [...]
DE ANDRE'
619 mt
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The portico with its tall, narrow arches recalls the metaphysical architecture of De Chirico and it is hard to believe that the Santa Maria Parish Church was built even before the year 1000. Yet it is [...]
DE ANDRE'
535 mt
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Not just experimentation in the Scandicci theaters. The Aurora cinema theatre, for example, is part of the circuit that hosts Tuscany’s touring theatrical productions featuring the most renowned act [...]
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309 mt
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Telling how beautiful it is to be together respecting each other comes naturally to a city as open and inclusive as Florence. Which is why the City of Florence asked four artists- James Boy, Ache 77, [...]
NENNI - TORREGALLI
860 mt
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A medieval fortress, a countryside villa for the great Renaissance families Nerli, Argenti, Tani and, eventually, the home of one of the leading exponents of neoclassical and Napoleonic art in Tuscany [...]
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262 mt
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Two valuable works remain from the old church, a Giottoesque Madonna with Child by Giovanni da Milano and a Deposition by Michelangelo's childhood friend Francesco Granacci. The church of San Bartolom [...]
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41 mt
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Steel, glass and plenty of light. It is the ultramodern Rogers Center. Designed by Florentine architect Richard Rogers, the building was inaugurated in 2013. A multipurpose and completely pedestrianiz [...]
NENNI - TORREGALLI
495 mt
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A typically 17th century portico with lowered arches conceals this simple little Romanesque church. San Giusto a Signano, situated on the street of the same name in an area which was once a Roman sett [...]
