Sant'Alessandro a Giogoli is a Romanesque-style,

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parish church located within the town limits of

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in the province of the metropolitan city of

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, region of

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, Italy.

History

The name of the neighborhood ''Giogoli'' appears to be derived from ''gioghi'' or yokes, and may refer to the low hills of the region. A church at the site is mentioned by 10th-century; and a plaque in the adjacent cloister quoted a papal bull from 1187, wherein

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defined certain privileges granted to the church. The church was initially patronized by the Buondelmonti family. The Romanesque stone layout with a semi-circular apse underwent many reconstructions over the centuries, but is still maintained from the exterior. The facade has a small narrow mullioned window. Around 1712, the interior acquired a heavy

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decoration with stucco.I dintorni di Firenze: Sulla sinistra dell'Arno I dintorni di Firenze: Sulla sinistra dell'Arno
by Guido Carocci, Florence (1907): pages 346-347. Since the 19th century, much of the nave decoration has been stripped. During World War II, bombing caused the nave roof to collapse. Of the paintings from the 18th century, the counterfacade still has a depiction of the ''Samaritan at the Well'' and the ''Baptism of Christ'' by Pietro Pertichi; in the right transept is an ''Annunciation'', a ''St Joseph'' and a ''St Francis of Assisi'' by Francesco Manetti.

References

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