The construction of the church of Santa Maria al Prato, commissioned by the Dominican Fathers of Santa Maria Novella, dates back to 1304. In the 16th century it was deeply modified and in 1631 it...
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Museums
Loc. Vallombrosa, 115, 50066 Vallombrosa, Reggello FI, Italia
The abbey was founded in 1036 by a Benedictine monk named San Giovanni Gualberto, gradually growing and taking on its current basic appearance at the end of the 15th century. The tower was erected in...
The parish church of Saints Giovanni Battista and Lorenzo in Signa since December 2010, houses the new museum of Sacred Art, supported by the Municipality, with the patronage of the Tuscany Region and...
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Churches and places of worship
Via di S. Giovanni Maggiore, 50032 San Giovanni Maggiore FI, Italia
The parish church is a 10th century structure which was reconstructed between 1520 and 1530, and later modified in the 19th century. Interesting and unusual is the 11th century bell tower with an...
The Accademia dei Perseveranti (The Academy of the Persistent) at Campi Bisenzio commissioned architect Mariano Falcini to build a theatre and the Dante theatre was inaugurated in 1873. For many years...
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Theatres and events venues
Via A. Gramsci, 426, 50019 Comune di Sesto Fiorentino FI, Italia
The cultural organization “Teatro della Limonaia” was born at the end of 1987 to manage the Intercity Festival project, presented for the first time in 1988 (Intercity New York). This is the beginning...
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Theatres and events venues
Piazza A. Gramsci, 80, 50051 Castelfiorentino FI, Italia
In 1865, on a piece of land granted for free by the Municipality, a group of people gathered in an Association promoting the theatre to create a structure at Castelfiorentino. With its horseshoe...
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Via Pietro Mascagni, 18, 50041 Calenzano FI, Italia
It was built at the end of the 19th century thanks to a group of Florentine nobles and notables (such as Bastogi, Venturi-Ginori, Digerini-Nuti, Baldini, Bombici-Pontelli, Orlandini, Morrocchi), who...
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Theatres and events venues
Via Gaetano Donizetti, 58, 50018 Scandicci FI, Italia
The owner of the “Teatro Studio Mila Pieralli” is the Municipality of Scandicci, but the theatre is currently managed by the Fondazione Teatro della Toscana. It has staged theatre productions since...
Example of industrial archaeology, the Pasquinucci furnace was built at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century on the site of a previous furnace. Anyway, the founders of this furnace, Antonio and...
