Chiesta di Cristo Re, Gambassi

Built in 1940, it is the religious centre of Gambassi Terme

Who comes from Castelfiorentino lthe Strada Volterrana and pilgrims arriving in the village on foot following the Via Francigena, meets it on the right. The bulk of the Chiesa di Cristo Re imposes itself at the gates of the village and turns its back on the magnificent panorama of the Val d’Elsa.

Built in 1940, it is now the religious centre of the town.

Inside, several 16th and 17th century paintings are preserved on the walls. Among them, the Saint Sebastian between two saints of Baccio Gorini. In the 16th century, this semi-unknown Florentine painter made his fortune in Sardinia thanks to a narrative vein of simple but sincere devotion.

On the counter façade, note two paintings from the ancient Church of San Jacopo:

the Virgin and Child Enthroned between Saints John, Francis, Matthew and Jacopo, attributed to Pier Francesco Fiorentino, a painter who trained with Benozzo Gozzoli and collaborated with Ghirlandaio;

the Madonna between Saints John the Baptist and Jerome by Biagio di Antonio, a Florentine painter, whose contribution to the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel between 1481 and 1482 is remembered.