Santa Trinita (Florence)
Santa Trinita is a Roman Catholic parish church in Florence and the monastery church of the Vallombrosan monastery of the same name . The basilica , founded in the 11th century and rebuilt to its present-day appearance in the 14th century, has the rank of a basilica minor . It has been listed as a World Heritage Site with the historic center of Florence since 1982 .
history
The church and monastery of Santa Trinita were founded in the second half of the 11th century by the Vallombrosan religious order . The convent was outside the Roman - Mathildischen city wall. In 1175 he was included in the walled area.
The monastery was given the status of an abbey and developed into a religious and political-social center of the city. The great importance in Florence, which Santa Trinita reached around 1300, is reflected in the Maestà created by Cimabue for the church (today in the Uffizi ).
In the 14th century the originally Romanesque building was rebuilt and expanded in the Gothic style; The side chapels were added, which were subsequently furnished with important works of art by the owner families.
architecture
Santa Trinita is a north-west facing, essentially Romanesque, Gothic overformed three-aisled basilica on a cross plan. The campanile is located on the north arm of the transept, to the west the convent building and cloister. The crypt is purely Romanesque , the facade with the main portal is early Baroque .
Works of art (selection)
- 1418–1423: Cappella Strozzi by Lorenzo Ghiberti with Onofrio Strozzi's tomb , probably a youth work by Michelozzo - Fra Angelico's altarpiece Descent from the Cross with marginal scenes by Lorenzo Monaco is now in San Marco , the Adoration of the Kings by Gentile da Fabriano in the Uffizi .
- 1420–1425: Frescoes of the life of Mary by Lorenzo Monaco, Cappella Bartolini Salimbeni
- 1455: Maddalena , wooden sculpture by Desiderio da Settignano
- 1483–1486: Frescoes with scenes from the life of St. Francis of Assisi and altarpiece Adoration of the Shepherds by Domenico Ghirlandaio , Cappella Sassetti
- 1490s: Tomb of Francesco Sassetti and his wife by Giuliano da Sangallo , Cappella Sassetti
- 1593/94: Portal facade by Bernardo Buontalenti with sculptures by Giovanni Battista Caccini
Portal facade
Central nave
Cappella Sassetti
crypt
Individual evidence
- ↑ The name is stressed on the first syllable in Florentine style and written without accento grave .
Web links
- Website of the Vallombrosan
- I luoghi della fede (web.rete.toscana.it, Santa Trinita via search function; Italian)
- Entry on gcatholic.org
- Page on www.florentinermuseen.com
Coordinates: 43 ° 46 '12.3 " N , 11 ° 15' 2.1" E