San Miniato al Monte (St. Minias on the Mountain) is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city. It has been described as one of the finest Romanesque structures in Tuscany and one of the most scenic churches in Italy. There is an adjoining Olivetan monastery, seen to the right of the basilica when ascending the stairs.[1]
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SanMiniatoalMonte (St. Minias on the Mountain) is a basilica in Florence, central Italy, standing atop one of the highest points in the city. It has...
11.2649722°E / 43.7593917; 11.2649722 The Palazzo dei Vescovi at SanMiniatoalMonte was a summer residence of the Bishops of Florence and was built,...
(Italian: Miniato, Armenian: Մինաս) (3rd century) is venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence. The church of SanMiniatoalMonte is dedicated...
conjunction with vaults, the timbers have often been decorated as at SanMiniatoalMonte, Florence. Vaults of stone or brick took on several different forms...
the San Lorenzo; as well as several others, including Santa Trinita, San Marco, Santa Felicita, Badia Fiorentina, San Gaetano, SanMiniatoalMonte, Florence...
commissioned Michelozzo to build the Tabernacle of the Crucifixion at SanMiniatoalMonte. Around 1450, he commissioned Michelozzo and Luca della Robbia to...
Infante James of Coimbra, cardinal of Portugal in the Basilica di SanMiniatoalMonte, Florence (1461–1467). The portrait bust of Matteo Palmieri in the...
within the fortified bastion of the Basilica of SanMiniatoalMonte. The idea of a burial site near SanMiniato was conceived around 1837, although the camposanto...
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Virgin and St Minias is made on the facade of Florence's Basilica di SanMiniatoalMonte. April 28 – Blessed Luchesio Modestini probable – Franciscus Accursius...
Borghese-Aldobrandini Palazzo Caccini Palazzo degli Sporti Palazzo dei Vescovi a San MiniatoalMonte Palazzo dell'Arcone di Piazza Palazzo Naldini Palazzo Neroni Palazzo...
Florentine Art. In 1013, construction was begun on the Basilica di SanMiniatoalMonte. The exterior of the baptistry was reworked in Romanesque style between...
geometric patterns.[citation needed] It is featured at the basilica SanMiniatoalMonte that overlooks Florence. There was a major revival from the Italian...
rather than round, as at SanMiniatoalMonte. Decorative tympanums, where they exist, are mosaic, fresco or shallow relief, as at San Zeno, Verona. Shallow...
Miniato alMonte in Florence Jacopo del Casentino (1297–1358) “SanMiniato and scene of his life” - tempera on panel - Church of SanMiniatoalMonte in Florence...
Virgin and St Minias is made on the facade of Florence's Basilica di SanMiniatoalMonte. German musical theorist Franco of Cologne publishes Ars Cantus Mensurabilis...
presents a harmony of polychrome and arcades. Romanesque interiors SanMiniatoalMonte, Florence, has basilical form, open timber roof and decoration of...
was buried in the Porte Sante cemetery, part of the basilica of SanMiniatoalMonte. His most famous work is La scienza in cucina e l'arte di mangiare...
employing the polychrome marble typical of Florentine churches, such as SanMiniatoalMonte and the Baptistery of Florence. The design also incorporates an ocular...
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