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Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana

Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana

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Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana

Name: Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana
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Location: Reggello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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1. The Strada dei Sette Ponti

102km

07:04

1,700m

1,470m

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2. Pelago, Reggello and Sammezzano – loop from Rignano sull'Arno

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03:30

1,000m

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3. Pelago – Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana loop from Tosi

54.1km

03:43

890m

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rossella

April 26, 2021

Its foundation, which popular tradition attributes to the Duchess of Tuscany Matilde di Canossa, dates back to before the year 1000. Documentary traces are found on a contract of 1032 and from documents of the XII century which recall its belonging to the Diocese of Fiesole.

The Pieve had a certain importance especially starting from the fifteenth century when it was owned by Giovanni Cavalcanti who also hosted Marsilio Ficino and Lorenzo the Magnificent there in 1469.

The church dates back to the Romanesque age of which the bell tower remains visible from that era, which already existed in 1028.

Today the facade has a late Renaissance appearance, with a sixteenth-century portico. In the central door, of fifteenth-century origin, are the coats of arms of the Cavalcanti family, and in the center is the crutch symbol of the Hospital of Santa Maria Nuova.

The main altar has a Romanesque relief representing Saint Peter blessing perhaps from the first half of the 12th century.
The two important tables by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio still present in the church remain to confirm the importance it had in the Renaissance period.

On the right wall there is also a fifteenth-century stone tabernacle carved with elegant friezes.

The construction of the large villa that surrounds it on one side and which belongs to the Guicciardini family who owned many landed properties in the area also contributed to making the settlement more impressive.

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Giuseppe Martino

May 18, 2020

Its foundation, which popular tradition attributes to the Duchess of Tuscany Matilde of Canossa, is perhaps prior to the year 1000 and the bell tower already exists in 1028. In the 16th century the portico was built; the structure with raised presbytery and crypt underwent a first Latin cross transformation in 1631. To make the settlement even more imposing, the construction of the large villa that squeezes it on one side and belongs to the Guicciardini family also contributed. The interior, after the restoration of 1888, took on a decidedly nineteenth-century appearance. To remember the importance that the parish church had in the past, there remains a work attributed to Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio and a fifteenth-century tabernacle in stone carved with elegant friezes.

On December 27, 1999 an altarpiece attributed to Ghirlandaio, dating back to the fifteenth century, was recovered by the Carabinieri after three years of research. The work, which represents a Madonna of the Rosary with Child and Saints John and Augustine, was found in the shop of an antique dealer in the center of Florence; in 1946 it had been illegally sold by the local parish priest.

There is also an Annunciation by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio.

Marco1971

June 13, 2020

From the Pieve you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Valdarno (it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieve_di_San_Pietro_a_Pitiana)

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Location: Reggello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana

1. The Strada dei Sette Ponti

2. Pelago, Reggello and Sammezzano – loop from Rignano sull'Arno

3. Pelago – Parish Church of San Pietro at Pitiana loop from Tosi

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