San Francesco, Barga
San Francesco is a 15th-century, Roman Catholic church and convent located on the Via Ducale connecting the town of Barga with the lower valley, in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
History[]
The church houses a 15th-century terracotta works by the studio of Andrea della Robbia.[1] The convent features a fifteenth-century cloister inspired by Franciscan simplicity. The altarpiece with the Nativity can be traced to around 1500.
References[]
- ^ Comune of BargaArchived 2016-05-22 at the Wayback Machine, entry on church.
Coordinates: maps 44°04′13.4″N 10°28′52.9″E / 44.070389°N 10.481361°E
Categories:
- Roman Catholic churches in Tuscany
- Churches in the province of Lucca
- 15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
- Buildings and structures in Barga, Tuscany