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 Bartolomeo in Tuto in Scandicci was considered a safe harbour for the people of the valley subject to flooding and for this reason it was called in Tuto, which means "protection". So also the very modern church (built between 1974 and '93) which replaced it, has kept the name and the sense of security, with an octagonal interior protected by a powerful "shell" in reinforced concrete on the outside.
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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283 mt
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The Scandicci sports centre is very versatile - in fact it is not only a venue where volleyball and 5-a-side football matches are regularly played, it is also the home of the women's volleyball team p [...]
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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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 [...]
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388 mt
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Do you remember I Magazzini Criminali? An irreverent name which well-described this theater’s alternative approach. The 1980s in Florence were, in fact, a new Renaissance during which young people g [...]
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 [...]
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824 mt
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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 t [...]
