places of interest – Visit Bagno a Ripoli

The Oratorio of Santa Caterina

Construction on the Santa Caterina Oratory, built on the Rimezzano farm at the foot of the Baroncelli hills, was started in 1354. Jacopo and Giovanni, sons of Alberto Alberti, owner of many properties throughout the Antella Parish, were responsible…

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Antico Spedale del Bigallo

«Along the antique and steep portion of the Aretina road, just before reaching the Apparita house, rests a grand and austere builiding». This was how Carocci, an important local historian, described the ancient Bigallo hospital, founded…

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Ninfeo del Giambologna

At the foot of the lush hills of Fattucchia, overlooking the town of Grassina, we find the Fonte della Fata Morgana, or Fata Morgana's Spring, also known as the Casina delle Fate. It was built in the second half of the 16th century by Bernardo…

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Pieve di San Pietro a Ripoli

The Parish of Ripoli included the land between the Antella and Villamagna parishes, and the land that extended through the Pian di Ripoli all the way to the Arno and the Settignano area. Constructed in 967 AD, despite being one of the most…

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Pieve di Santa Maria dell’Antella

The earliest records of this Church date back to a document from November 4, 1040. While typically Romanesque externally, numerous modifications can be seen within, thanks to works carried out between the 16th and 17th centuries in particular.…

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Pieve di San Donnino a Villamagna

The structure was founded in the 8th century and rebuilt in the Romanesque period. The economic standing of the Church in the middle of the 13th century was modest (it was taxed for only 13 lira in 1276), but despite this the Church's priests…

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Chiesa e Convento di San Francesco all’Incontro

The construction on the Church and Convent is the work of St. Leonardo of Port Maurice, who was sent here in 1709 by the Franciscans from the province of Rome. The young Franciscan Leonardo had asked to undertake a mission to China, but Cardinal…

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The Fulling Mills in Remole

The Gualchiere (fulling mills) di Remole, located within territory of Bagno a Ripoli, provide the only tangible evidence of the old art of fulling wool. The most expensive and complicated phase in wool processing was the fulling…

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The Fontesanta Park

The Fontesanta Park is located on Poggio Firenze and represents an "ecological niche" of extraordinary importance for the geographical and environmental context of the area. In fact, Poggio Firenze, despite being located more than 90 kilometers…

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The Blessed Gherardo

Gherardo Mecatti was born in 1174 to a peasant family that later succumbed to a terrible plague outbreak. Orphaned at the age of 12, he was adopted by the Foschi family, owners of the land on which his parents had worked. As a young squire he…