Comune Di Pontassieve A.N.P.I.L
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PONTASSIEVE 21 PARCO CULTURALE DELLA MEMORIA MONTE GIOVI 2 AREA NATURALE COMUNE DI PONTASSIEVE A.N.P.I.L. POGGIO RIPAGHERA SANTUARIO DELLA MADONNA DEL SASSO PONTASSIEVE and its SURROUNDINGS 15 Pontassieve is a precious town close to PIEVE DI SANT’EUSTACHIO IN ACONE Florence, a territory surrounded by rivers running down from the ridges to the valleys, SANTA BRIGIDA ACONE softened by the curvy shapes of our hills, 16 CHIESA DI living witnesses of the presence of man. The 8 SANTA BRIGIDA richness of its churches, villas and castles PIEVE DI SAN MARTINO 19 A LUBACO 18 give rise to an open-air museum all around 11 CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA its territory. It is a place to discover thanks to CHIESA DI IN ACONE LA TORRE its natural beauties, vineyards, olive groves, SAN MINIATO A PAGNOLLE CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA IN FORNELLO MONTEBONELLO woods hiding breath-taking views. 20 CASTELLO DEL TREBBIO 6 5 MULINO A VENTO IEVE S 3 CHIESA DI SANT’ANDREA FIUME MONTELORO DOCCIA PONTE MEDICEO 17 12 CASTELLO DI TORRE A DECIMA 9 CHIESA DI SAN MARTINO PIEVE DI 13 PIAZZA SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA MOLINO DEL PIANO TORRE DELL’OROLOGIO XIV MARTIRI PIEVE DI SAN LORENZO MONTEFIESOLE 7 PIEVE DI SAN GIOVANNI 14 4 BATTISTA A REMOLE THE MEDIEVAL HEART of PONTASSIEVE PIEVECCHIA MONASTERO DI GRICIGLIANO Pontassieve grew and developed between the rivers Sieve and Arno. This important river system was of great interest for the PALAZZO SANSONI TROMBETTA 10 close town of Florence: in 1357 the SIECI CHIESA DI SAN MARTINO A QUONA Florentines built there a majestic castle, named Castel Sant’Angelo, surrounded by PORTA FIORENTINA ARNO high sheltering walls. Through the years the FIUME 1 name Castel Sant’Angelo was substituted PONTASSIEVE CHIESA DI by Ponte a Sieve because of the presence of SAN MICHELE a very important ancient bridge, built by the ARCANGELO FIRENZE Medicis under the guide of Duke Cosimo de Medici: the bridge provided a link to the road PORTA FILICAIA from Florence to the towns in Mugello, Casentino and Arezzo. SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA 15 9 A MONTELORO CHURCH SANT’EUSTACHIO IN ACONE CHURCH PONTASSIEVE Mentioned for the first time in a papal bull of Pope Celestino II in 1143, this church has The church is also mentioned with the name Romanic origins and was erected close to the “Sant’Eustachio in Jerusalem”, it was completely ruins of the castle with the same name. Although rebuilt by Cosimo II medici in 1552 not far away its structure was completely renovated in the from the ruins of the previous building, according 1 THE OLD BOROUGH OF PONTASSIEVE 17th century, its original form is still there for all to an inscription carved in a stone on the front of 3 to see, thanks to the investments in restructuring the church. The present building has a single SANSONI TROMBETTA PALACE SANT’ANDREA required between 1959 and 1962. nave plan, covered by a barrel vault ceiling with The palace, nowadays seat of the town hall, was built in the middle A DOCCIA late baroque decorations. part of the 18th century. Once heart of the political and social life CHURCH 6 SAN MARTINO A QUONA THE WINDMILL CHURCH under the power of the Anforti family, the building became property Evidence of the presence of this church dates 10 16 of the Trombetta family in the 19th century; this family became back to the beginning of the 11th century; it was Placed on the ridge of a hill which dominates the Erected on a hill underneath the old Quona cas- SANTA BRIGIDA related by marriage to the Sansonis from Leghorn, (hence the the baptistery for all people coming from the tle, it was destroyed in 1143 by the Florentines in union Sansoni–Trombetta). The ceiling of a beautiful room inside valley, with a stunning view, it stands at the CHURCH churches nearby. The building underwent pro- crossroads of different routes. Built in the first the war against the Guidi Earls, whose vassals the building, the so called heroines room, is covered with important were the Quona family members. The existing According to tradition, the church stands on the found changes over time; the wall structure is half of the 19th century, it was completely frescos by Fernando Fochi, showing heroic actions performed by famous women of the time. In- church front was completely renovated in the 19th cave where St. Brigida lived as a hermit in the the only original part of its medieval architecture restored in 2000. The internal part of the side the building are also masterpieces by contemporary artists whose works where displayed in we can still admire today. The church was en- century and the bell tower, with its pyramid pinna- 10th century. The building was renovated in the th windmill is a fascinating “Leonardo da Vinci th Pontassieve; the Sansoni book collection includes 1452 books, mostly from the 19 century and th cle, was rebuilt in 1855 according to Giuseppe 14 century and, as from 1686, it was restored th th th tirely restored in the 17 century and again in machine”, and it may speed up to 62 mph. Info: some rare editions from the 16 , 17 and 18 centuries. 1921. The artistic heritage of the church in- Gondi’s project, owner of the Bossi villa nearby. and enlarged. In 1938 the apse was enlarged Fattoria di Lavacchio +39 0558396168 with a neo Romanic appendix. THE MEDICI BRIDGE cludes the paintings Madonna with child, St. This ancient bridge was built mid-16th century; following flood- Anne, St. Andrew and St. John the Baptist SAN MINIATO A PAGNOLLE 11 CHURCH 17 SAN MARTINO A ing by the river Sieve that destroyed the old stone bridge, Co- (school of Ghirlandaio, 1503 ), a tabernacle MOLINO DEL PIANO CHURCH simo I Medici commissioned Stefano from San Piero a Ponti (school of the Master della Robbia) and a terra- The small 12Th century church and his son Tommaso a new bridge to be built. The Medici cotta credited to Andrea della Robbia himself. stands on the way from Monte- Mentioned from the 15th century it was erected Bridge was restored in 1788, thanks to the Archduke Pietro loro church to San Martino a Lubaco church. On top beside a road leading to the Torre a Decima Leopoldo Lorena and afterwards, following the damages of of its beautiful gabled façade is a precious wooden castle. The original building was rebuilt towards WW II. Its structure is made up of two arches in red bricks leaning on a strong stone pillar with the roof truss. The porch and the lovely belfry were later the end of the eighteenth century keeping the family emblem of the noble Medici on the top. built in the 16th century. The church stands close to original octagonal plan and an elegant perch the Portinari Villa and 500 yards from a house that supported by columns in classical style. A SAN MICHELE ARCANGELO CHURCH belonged to the Alighieri family. Who knows if this painting by the Pontassieve painter Massimo In ancient times the church was named “Sant’Angelo a Sieve” Cantini can be appreciated in the church apse. th church was a Sunday morning set for the spark of and dates back to the 13 century. It was completely rebuilt in the 7 love between Dante and Beatrice? 18th century and was consecrated in 1788. The 18th century SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA 18 MONTEBONELLO TOWER building was wrecked during WW II, then restored in 1948 and A REMOLE CHURCH TORRE A DECIMA 1971. The presbytery was modified according to the documents 12 CASTLE The tower is the only element left of an old of the Second Vatican Council. The main rose window has been 4 Present in an old document dating from 955, it is castle already mentioned in documents of the lately restored: it portrays St. Michael, patron saint of the town. one of the oldest buildings in this area. It is pro- Erected at the base of Croce 11th century. The tall tower was the donjon of GRICIGLIANO MONASTERY vided with a beautiful bell tower and a medieval mount, close to Molino del the medieval building; today it stands out on the CASTEL SANT’ANGELO: THE DOORS Piano, it dates back to the 12th or 13th century. The “fortress Gricigliano” was a property of dif- structure with three aisles, the central one rais- valley and is surrounded by houses that form a The only remains of the old castle are the three doorways The castle still preserve its ancient tower and ferent families over time. Thanks to the changes ing above the lateral ones. Close to the church little village. to the town: Porta Fiorentina, Porta Aretina and Porta body are the rectory and a cloister. The 19th some traces of the medieval wall. It is said that, made starting from the last decades of the 15th Filicaia. The fourth door, Porta del Capitano, does not century renovation brought its Romanic aspects after the unsuccessful conspiracy led by the century, the building – at that time “almost ru- 19 SANTA MARIA IN ACONE CHURCH exist anymore. Porta Aretina, also called “the clock to light. The artistic heritage of this Romanic Pazzi family in 1478, Torre a Decima castle ined, among ditches” – took on the aspect of a tower”, is the only one showing its original medieval em- church includes a painting of a Madonna with became the safe place they took shelter in. The beautiful modern country house. The natural The present building, completely renovated, has battled structure from the 14th century.