by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Canonica di San Giovanni, Varna A church of late Romanesque design with a single nave. A few kilometres from Gambassi, in the locality of Varna, is the Rectory of San Giovanni. Documents testify to its existence as early as 1230 when it was among the places damaged by...
by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Chiesa di Santa Cristina An early 20th century neo-Gothic chapel Along the Volterrana road toward Castagno, a small neo-Gothic chapel stands on a small hillock crowned by a circle of large cypress trees. It is a small brick building, rectangular in plan, twelve by six...
by eleonora | Jan 30, 2024
Chiesa di Sant’Ottaviano in collina What does the mysterious inscription on its façade tell us? Chiesa di Sant’Ottaviano in collina is another recently restored little treasure. It stands on the first burial place of Octavian, who arrived in Italy in the 6th...
by eleonora | Jan 29, 2024
Chiesa di San Pietro, Badia a Cerreto A country church that for centuries has preserved one of the masterpieces of the Florentine Renaissance The former Camaldolese abbey of San Pietro is located along the road from Gambassi Terme to Certaldo. Historical sources...
by eleonora | Jan 29, 2024
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...
