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The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church of the Fraternity of
Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of
Florence, Italy. It is famous for being the parish church of
Beatrice Portinari, the love of Dante's life, and the place where he
watched her at Mass. Later, Boccaccio delivered his famous lectures
on Dante's The Divine Comedy in the church.
The abbey was
founded as a Benedictine institution in 978 by Willa, Margravine of
Tuscany, in commemoration of her late husband Uberto, and was one of
the chief buildings of medieval Florence. A hospital was founded in
the abbey in 1071. The church bell marked the main divisions of the
Florentine day. Between 1284 and 1310 the Romanesque church was
rebuilt in Gothic style, but in 1307 part was demolished to punish
the monks for non-payment of taxes. The church underwent a Baroque
transformation between 1627 and 1631. The prominent campanile,
completed between 1310 and 1330, is Romanesque at its base and
Gothic in its upper stages.
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Major works of art in the church
include the Apparition of the Virgin to St Bernard by Filippino
Lippi and the tombs of Willa's son Ugo, Margrave of Tuscany
(died 1001) and the lawyer and diplomat Bernardo Giugni (1396–1456),
both by Mino da Fiesole. The attached Chiostro degli Aranci
(Cloister of the Oranges) contains a fresco cycle (1436–1439) on the
life of St Benedict, largely by an unknown artist but including a
later panel by the young Bronzino. The cloister itself was designed
by Bernardo Rossellino.
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Florence:
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Ponte Vecchio /
Villa Borghese
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Chiesa di San Felice /
Boboli Gardens
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Uffizi Gallery
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Abadia Florentina /
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata
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Basilica di San Lorenzo
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Basilica di San Miniato
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Basilica di Santa Croce /
Battisteria di San Giovanni
Chiesa di Santa Felicita
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Chiesa di Santa Margherita
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Santa Maria del Fiore
Milan:
Milan
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Galleria
Vittorio Emanuele
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La
Scala
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Rome:
Rome, Italy /
Rome
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Quirinale
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Tiber
River
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Fontana di Trevi
Venice
Venice Film Festival /
Basilica di San Marco /
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo
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Basilica di Santa Maria GLoriosa dei Frairi
Piazza di San Marco
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