Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
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| Tavarnelle Val di Pesa | |||
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| Comune di Tavarnelle Val di Pesa | |||
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| Coordinates: 43°33′N 11°10′E / 43.55°N 11.167°ECoordinates: 43°33′N 11°10′E / 43.55°N 11.167°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Tuscany | ||
| Province | Florence (FI) | ||
| Frazioni | Badia a Passignano, Sambuca Val di Pesa, San Donato in Poggio | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Sestilio Dirindelli (Democratic Party) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 57.0 km2 (22 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) | ||
| Population (1 January 2007)[1] | |||
| • Total | 7,346 | ||
| • Density | 128.9/km2 (333.8/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Ravarnellini: Frazioni: Sambuchini, Sandonatini | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 50028 | ||
| Dialing code | 055 | ||
| Patron saint | St. Lucy | ||
| Saint day | December 13 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 km south of Florence.
[edit] Main sights
The main attraction of the territory of Tavarnelle is the Badia di Passignano (Abbey of Passignano), a monastery existing from the High Middle Ages.[2]
Other sights include:
- Church of Santa Lucia al Borghetto, part of a Franciscan monastery known from 1260. The church is an example of Gothic architecture.
- Gothic church of Madonna della Neve, with 14th-15th century frescoes.
- Church of Santa Maria del Carmine al Morrocco (15th century)
- Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Pietracupa, founded in 1596, with a Madonna image frescoed by Paolo Schiavo.
- Pieve of San Pietro in Bossolo, a Romanesque church known from 990, housing works from Roman, Byzantine and Florentine schools.
- Villa di Poggio Petroio, outside the town.
- The pieve of San Donato in Poggio (12th century), in Romanesque style, with a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles and three apses. It houses a baptism shell by Giovanni della Robbia (1513) and a triptych by Giovanni del Biondo (1375).
- Bridge over the Pesa River in the frazione of Sambuca.
Tignano is a fortified hamlet whose church of San Romolo houses a terracotta tabernacle by Giovanni della Robbia.
[edit] References
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Hornik, Heidi J. (2009). Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence. Sussex Academic Press. pp. 56. ISBN 978-1845191863. http://books.google.com/books?id=4u8GAgav_NsC&lpg=PA56&dq=%22Badia%20di%20Passignano%22&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false.
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