Badia of Sante Flora and Lucilla Church, Chiesa della Ss. Annunziata Church, Chiesa Santa Maria in Gradi Church, Arezzo Tuscany Italy

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5. AREZZO, Tuscany

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5b. (i) Badia of Sante Flora and Lucilla Church, (ii) Chiesa della Ss. Annunziata Church and (iii) Chiesa Santa Maria in Gradi Church

See also 5a. The Streets and City Walls of Arezzo *

5c. Basilica Domenico Church, Arezzo *

5d. Arezzo Cathedral * 5e. Some Piazzas and Palazzos of Arezzo *

5f. Pieve Di Santa Maria Romanesque Church, Arezzo *

5g. Chiesa Di San Francesco Church, Arezzo

(i) Badia of Sante Flora and Lucilla Church (Church of Saints Flora and Lucilla)

Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla: The church has had several phases, starting from the Gothic single nave of 1278 . In 1315 the monastery was rebuilt. It dates back to 1319 the "Cross" painted by Mark di Bonaventura . In 1489 the cloister was built, designed by Giuliano da Majano . Fifteenth is the fresco of St. Lawrence of Bartolomeo della Gatta , dated 1476. The church has been completely transformed to a design by Giorgio Vasari since 1565 . The works lasted until the seventeenth century and in 1650 the bell tower was built. The church has three naves, bays consist of identical size, the central square and rectangular lateral ones. The sanctuary is dominated by the monumental altar built by Giorgio Vasari for the chapel of his family in the church of Santa Maria in 1563 and brought here in 1865. A masterpiece of baroque artifice is the fake dome painted on canvas by Andrea Pozzo in 1702 and placed above the main altar. Inside the church is preserved a ciborium, probably by Benedetto da Majano.

Badia delle Sante Flora e Lucilla:

(ii) Chiesa della Ss. Annunziata (Church of Saint Annunziata)

Chiesa della Ss. Annunziata (Church of Saint Annunziata):

(iii) Chiesa Santa Maria in Gradi Church

Church of Santa Maria in Gradi (Chiesa di Santa Maria a Gradi): In 1591 the Camaldolese decided to build the present church, designed by Bartolomeo Ammannati , the project was completed in 1611 . The monastery is documented as early as 1043. The attitude today is no transept , with the space divided by pilasters with capitals, Doric. Three on each side chapels are arranged in the seventeenth century , from which false niches within overlook figures of the Apostles, painted in 1617 by Ulysses woodlog, a painter of Monte San Savino , and by Giovan Battista Manzolini. In 1631 the bell tower was built, while the 1711 goes up the wooden ceiling. Eighteenth Century is the main altar in marble. A collaborator of Andrea della Robbia is attributed to Our Lady of Mercy also known as shards. The Zoerandro Andrew and Carlos Borromeo de Vincenzo Dandini (1658) and Our Lady of the Assumption with Saints Bernardino Santini ( 1633 ) prior to the chancel and chapel below, dedicated to St. Joseph , both painted by Salvi Castellucci between 1653 and 1654. The crypt houses a wooden crucifix dated late thirteenth or early fourteenth century .

Church of Santa Maria in Gradi:

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