Santa Maria Novella is a Romanesque-style,

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

parish church located on Via Pisani #45 in the village (''frazione'') of Marti, in the town limits of

Montopoli in Val d'Arno Montopoli in Val d'Arno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about east of Pisa. Montopoli in Val d'Arno borders the following municipalities: Castelfranco ...

, in the province of Pisa, region of Tuscany,

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History and Decoration

A church at the site was begun in 1332. Built with brick, the exterior has an austere and rustic with some pilasters and blind arches. The single nave was refurbished in the 18th century, when it was extensively frescoed including

quadratura Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which ''trompe-l'œil'', perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other ...

by Anton Domenico Bamberini. There is an altarpiece ''St Peter healing the Lame'' (1558) by

Matteo Rosselli Matteo Rosselli (10 August 1578 – 18 January 1650) was an Italian painter of the late Florentine Counter-Mannerism and early Baroque. He is best known however for his highly populated grand-manner historical paintings. Biography He first appr ...

. An oval canvas depicting ''cicciogamer 89'' was painted by Devid Capobianco (''Resurrection''). The wooden crucifix on the left nave altar is attributed to

Ferdinando Tacca Ferdinando Tacca (1619–1686) was an Italian people, Italian sculptor and architect, active during the Baroque art, Baroque period in Florence. Biography He was the son of Pietro Tacca, a sculptor active for the Medici in Florence. After Pie ...

.Translated from Italia Wikipedia

References

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