Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
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Tavarnelle Val di Pesa | |
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![]() Pieve of San Pietro in Bossolo | |
![]() ![]() Tavarnelle Val di Pesa Location of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa in Italy | |
Coordinates: 43°33′N 11°10′E / 43.550°N 11.167°ECoordinates: 43°33′N 11°10′E / 43.550°N 11.167°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Tuscany |
Metropolitan city | Florence (FI) |
Area | |
• Total | 57.0 km2 (22.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 378 m (1,240 ft) |
Population (1 January 2007)[1] | |
• Total | 7,346 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Tavarnellini: Frazioni: Sambuchini, Sandonatini |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 50028 |
Dialing code | 055 |
Patron saint | St. Lucy |
Saint day | December 13 |
Website | Official website |
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a former comune (municipality) and since 2019 a frazione of Barberino Tavarnelle in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany. It is located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Florence.
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 Spoiano, renaissance villa between Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and Barberino Val d'Elsa
- , 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.
References[]
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Hornik, Heidi J. (2009). Michele Tosini and the Ghirlandaio Workshop in Cinquecento Florence. . p. 56. ISBN 978-1-84519-186-3.
External links[]
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- Cities and towns in Tuscany
- Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Florence
- Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
- Frazioni of Barberino Tavarnelle
- Former municipalities of Tuscany
- Metropolitan City of Florence geography stubs