Badia di San Salvatore a Settimo

Located on the border between Florence and Lastra a Signa, the abbey of San Salvatore and Lorenzo was founded towards the end of the 11th century, and inhabited by various religious orders, including Cluniac and Vallombrosan; in its heyday (13th - 17th centuries), by Cistercian monks from San Galgano di Siena.

In 1783, the monumental complex was dismembered, the monks exiled and the monastery partially sold to private individuals. The north-eastern part incorporated the parochial title of S. Lorenzo in the abbey title of S. Salvatore and was under the power of the Archbishop of Florence who since then appointed its priors.

There are numerous works to admire: the Brunelleschi apse, the monumental altar by Pietro Tacca, the ciborium by Giuliano da Maiano, the Adoration of the Magi by Ghirlandaio. Here is also the tomb of the poet Dino Campana.