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Sant'Ambrogio
Piazza Sant'Ambrogio, Florence, ItalyTel: +39 055240104
At the end of the tenth century this was the home of the Benedictines. It was renovated in the Gothic period but it was only in the eighteenth century, with architect Foggini, that substantial modifications were made. The Miracle chapel was built in the fifteenth century and contains a relic (a goblet), inside a marble tabernacle by Mino da Fiesole (1481-83). The miraculous story of this goblet is illustrated in the frescoes by Cosimo Rosselli (c.1486). Many of the famous works of art which once adorned the walls of the church are now kept in the Uffizi gallery (for example "S.Anna" by Masaccio and Masolino), however the splendid altars of the renaissance are still in place.
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May 3, 2007 by
Jackie from Lochawe
Overall Rating: 8
- San imbroglio was welcoming and inspiring. The area is delightful.
- Occasional beggar outside the church.
“San imbroglio is a delightful and well-attended church, with the advantage of being off the tourist route, yet in a central and popular part of the city, in its own piazza with a fashionable cafe, newsstand, come-and-go clothes, bric-a-brac, and flower stalls, and a block away from the Mercado san imbroglio with its fish, meat, and cheese stalls in the covered area, and cheap, good quality, fruit, vet, and flower market (as well as clothes and shoes) outside. The church has old frescoes, some paintings which need cleaning, and a good renaissance altar. The week we were in Florence (late April 2007) there was a festival to the Madonna of Fatima, and there were special masses and rosaries. The campanile resounds between 5 and 6 pm as people wend their way home from school and work, calling them to vespers and mass. Just across the piazza a street of great restaurants proceeds through to the market area. Recommended area for everything, including the church.”
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