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Tavarnelle Val di Pesa

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Florence (FI)

Local time
  
Monday 3:03 PM

Region
  
Tuscany

Elevation
  
378 m (1,240 ft)

Postal code
  
50028

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Frazioni
  
Badia a Passignano, Sambuca Val di Pesa, San Donato in Poggio

Demonym(s)
  
Tavarnellini: Frazioni: Sambuchini, Sandonatini

Weather
  
14°C, Wind NE at 19 km/h, 30% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Osteria di Passignano, Fattoria Montecchio, Fattoria Villa Spoiano, Pieve di San Donato in, Poggio al Sole

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Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 25 kilometres (16 miles) south of Florence.

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Map of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, Florence, Italy

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Main sights

The main attraction of the territory of Tavarnelle is the Badia di Passignano (Abbey of Passignano), a monastery existing from the High Middle Ages.

Other sights include:

  • Church of Santa Lucia al Borghetto, part of a Franciscan monastery known from 1260. The church is an example of Gothic architecture.
  • Gothic church of Madonna della Neve, with 14th-15th-century frescoes.
  • Church of Santa Maria del Carmine al Morrocco (15th century)
  • Sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie a Pietracupa, founded in 1596, with a Madonna image frescoed by Paolo Schiavo.
  • Pieve of San Pietro in Bossolo, a Romanesque church known from 990, housing works from Roman, Byzantine and Florentine schools.
  • Villa di Poggio Petroio, outside the town.
  • The pieve of San Donato in Poggio (12th century), in Romanesque style, with a basilica plan with a nave and two aisles and three apses. It houses a baptism shell by Giovanni della Robbia (1513) and a triptych by Giovanni del Biondo (1375).
  • Bridge over the Pesa River in the frazione of Sambuca.

    • Tignano is a fortified hamlet whose church of San Romolo houses a terracotta tabernacle by Giovanni della Robbia.

    References

    Tavarnelle Val di Pesa Wikipedia
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