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Reconstructing the destroyed church of san pier maggiore florence the national gallery london
San Pier Maggiore was a church in Florence, Tuscany, central Italy largely destroyed in the 18th century.
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- Reconstructing the destroyed church of san pier maggiore florence the national gallery london
- History of the building
- Art in the church
- References
History of the building
A benedictine convent was established on the site in 1067, with a gothic church being built in the 14th Century and completed in 1352. It was rebuilt in 1638 before being demolished in 1784 when it had been deemed unsafe. Three arches of the portico remain with two being occupied by houses.
Art in the church
The multi panelled altarpiece by Jacopo di Cione and Niccolò di Pietro Gerini or Niccolò di Tommaso was completed in 1371 (12 of its frames are now held by London's National Gallery).
Other artworks in the church included Botticini's Assumption of the Virgin (also National Gallery) and Francesco Granacci's The Madonna of the Girdle (now in the Accademia) and The Visitation by Maso da San Friano (now in the Fitzwilliam).
