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Abbey of Vallombrosa
The arms of the abbey, reproduced from a missal in 1822

Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in the comune of Reggello (Tuscany, Italy), about 30 km south-east of Florence, in the Apennines, surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Florentine nobleman Giovanni Gualberto in 1038 and became the mother house of the Vallumbrosan Order.

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Vallombrosa

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Later, the large Benedictine Vallombrosa Abbey was built and remains a major landmark of the region. The Reggello Vallombrosa meteorological station is located...

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Vallombrosa Abbey

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Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in the comune of Reggello (Tuscany, Italy), about 30 km south-east of Florence, in the Apennines, surrounded by forests...

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William Wetmore Story

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died at Vallombrosa Abbey, Italy, a place he was sentimentally attached to and which he chronicled in an informal travel journal, Vallombrosa in 1881...

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List of abbeys and priories

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Sassovivo Abbey, Foligno Staffarda Abbey, Saluzzo Tre Fontane Abbey, Rome Vallombrosa Abbey, Reggello Villa Magna, Anagni Berne Abbey, Heeswijk Egmond Abbey, Egmond-Binnen...

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Antonio Franchi

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San Giovanni Gualberto in prayer for the Chapel of the saint in the Vallombrosa Abbey. He painted a Madonna and Bambino for the church of Santa Marta, Montopoli...

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Forest Institute of Vallombrosa

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only one of its kind in Italy. It is sited in buildings belonging to Vallombrosa Abbey. It is believed that the selection of location was influenced by the...

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Vallombrosa Altarpiece

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painting was commissioned to Perugino in 1497 for the high altar of the Vallombrosa Abbey, by Don Biagio Milanesi, Father General of the Order of the Vallombrosan...

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Abbey of San Basilide

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congregation of Vallombrosa, the ruled by this order until 1485. The stone abbey buildings retains their original Romanesque layouts. The abbey church has...

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Galileo Galilei

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He was educated, particularly in logic, from 1575 to 1578 in the Vallombrosa Abbey, about 30 km southeast of Florence. Galileo tended to refer to himself...

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Vallombrosians

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Church. They are named after the location of their motherhouse founded in Vallombrosa (Latin: Vallis umbrosa), situated 30 km from Florence on the northwest...

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Arboreti di Vallombrosa

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Arboreti di Vallombrosa (about 12 hectares) are seven arboreta located within the Forest Demaniale Vallombrosa near the historic Vallombrosa Abbey founded...

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Angelo da Vallombrosa

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Montemignaio Pieve in Tuscany, and the Abbey of Santa Cecilia of Corvara near Bologna, but settled in Vallombrosa (Florence) in 1496. He wrote numerous...

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Premio Gregor von Rezzori

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writer, author of novels and memoirs. It was originally held at the Vallombrosa Abbey, southeast of Florence. In 2010, it moved to the city of Florence...

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Villa di Mondeggi

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commons,. First written traces about the villa came from the monks of Vallombrosa Abbey and indicate a probable construction during the 14th century. The...

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Reggello

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The Abbey of Vallombrosa. Peaceful and secluded, the abbey is home to Benedictine monks. It also houses a Museum of Sacred Art. All around the abbey there...

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1099 papal election

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degli Uberti, (1099) - Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, abbot of Vallombrosa Abbey, Superior General of the Vallumbrosan Order Following the funeral...

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Villa Pitiana

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Pitiana. In 1808 when Tuscany was annexed to Napoleon's empire the Abbey of Vallombrosa was suppressed and all its possessions including Pitiana were alienated...

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Atto of Pistoia

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stopped at Vallombrosa Abbey where he was welcomed by the abbot, Bernardo degli Uberti. By 1100 he was a Vallombrosian monk at Vallombrosa (in Tuscany)...

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Lamberto Cristiano Gori

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pupil of Ignazio Hugford, the painter and monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Vallombrosa. Gori is known for painting, mostly reproductions of earlier masters...

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Decio Vinciguerra

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Vinciguerra also taught fish breeding in Forest Institute at the former Vallombrosa Abbey and in the Higher Agricultural Institute of Perugia. An 1895 book...

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Pope Urban II

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December 1095); one to the Bolognese (dated September 1096); one to Vallombrosa (dated October 1096); and one to the counts of Catalonia (dated either...

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Cannes

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CEO of RATP Group, state-owned public transport operator Amédée de Vallombrosa (1880–1968), classical organist Gérard Philipe (1922–1959), theater and...

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John Gualbert

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events still further increased the repute of Vallombrosa. A Bull of Pope Urban II in 1090, which takes Vallombrosa under the protection of the Holy See, enumerates...

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Matilda of Tuscany

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monasteries and churches were those to Fonte Avellana, Farfa, Montecassino, Vallombrosa, Nonantola and Polirone. In this way she secured the financing of the...

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Star of the Guardians

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who took the child off of Amodius's hands. There he finds a planet, Vallombrosa, shielded from conventional sensors by life forms made of dark matter...

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San Pietro Polyptych

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cymatium was separated by the main panel by a frame, in the same way of the Vallombrosa Altarpiece. At the sides were two columns which supported the frame arch...

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Roland Leighton

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wrote adventure books for boys. Roland was brought up initially at "Vallombrosa" 40 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, North London, and later at "Heather Cliff"...

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House of Sabran

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blood cannot lie]. Paris: Jean-Claude Lattès. p. 311. Roselyne Manca de Vallombrosa, fille du comte de ce nom et d'Adrienne Lannes de Montebello, elle a...

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Filippo di Antonio Filippelli

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Ospedaletto (ed.). Iconografia di San Giovanni Gualberto. Edizioni Vallombrosa. ISBN 88-7781-418-7. Pons, Nicoletta. “Il pittore Filippo d’Antonio Filippelli...

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List of poems by William Wordsworth

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Monks, in size" Memorials of a Tour in Italy, 1837 1842 At Vallombrosa (XVIII) 1837 "“Vallombrosa—I longed in thy shadiest wood" Memorials of a Tour in Italy...

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