San Lorenzo in Usella

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San Lorenzo in Usella is a Roman Catholic church in Cantagallo, in Tuscany, Italy.

Historical Profile[]

The Parish is already documented in 997 as the Parish of San Lorenzo in Pisignano.

Original structure[]

The first church at the site likely had a single nave, similar to other romanesque-style parish churches nearby, such as and San Vito and Modesto a Sofignano and Hippolytus and Cassian Vernio

The present structure has a three-aisled result of renovations and changes starting with 20th-century belltower. The facade, erected in 1907, repeats the internal partition and is divided into three sectors: the central, much higher, and the lower side, the facade is set on the Renaissance proportions, and decorated with items that alluding to the Gothic and the Renaissance.

Interior[]

Original structure[]

For the interior the same principles apply comparative adopted for the exterior, the interior was still characterized by a single nave with exposed brick in hand were visible wooden beams.

Current status[]

Internally the church has the same capacity that characterizes the classical exterior; the nave, of three arches, is covered with vaults lowered (original 700), the aisles-made during the restoration of 1907 - have a flat roof.

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