Construction on the Santa Caterina Oratory, built on the Rimezzano farm at the foot of the Baroncelli hills, was started in 1354. Jacopo and Giovanni, sons of Alberto Alberti, owner of many properties throughout the Antella Parish, were responsible for its creation. The building is characterized by its simplicity: the external walls were constructed with […]
«Along the antique and steep portion of the Aretina road, just before reaching the Apparita house, rests a grand and austere builiding». This was how Carocci, an important local historian, described the ancient Bigallo hospital, founded in 1214 by Dioticidiede di Bonaquida del Dado. The name “Bigallo” is due to its location at the Bivius […]
At the foot of the lush hills of Fattucchia, overlooking the town of Grassina, we find the Fonte della Fata Morgana, or Fata Morgana’s Spring, also known as the Casina delle Fate. It was built in the second half of the 16th century by Bernardo Vecchietti within the grounds of the II Riposo villa, the […]
The Parish of Ripoli included the land between the Antella and Villamagna parishes, and the land that extended through the Pian di Ripoli all the way to the Arno and the Settignano area. Constructed in 967 AD, despite being one of the most important churches in the Ripoli area – counting 16 subordinate churches – […]
The earliest records of this Church date back to a document from November 4, 1040. While typically Romanesque externally, numerous modifications can be seen within, thanks to works carried out between the 16th and 17th centuries in particular. A single nave defines the Church; the nave once ended with a semi-circular apse but is now […]
The structure was founded in the 8th century and rebuilt in the Romanesque period. The economic standing of the Church in the middle of the 13th century was modest (it was taxed for only 13 lira in 1276), but despite this the Church’s priests were in charge of administrating 5 subordinate churches. The Church was […]
The construction on the Church and Convent is the work of St. Leonardo of Port Maurice, who was sent here in 1709 by the Franciscans from the province of Rome. The young Franciscan Leonardo had asked to undertake a mission to China, but Cardinal Colloredo responded to him by saying: “Your China will be Italy”. […]
The Gualchiere (fulling mills) di Remole, located within territory of Bagno a Ripoli, provide the only tangible evidence of the old art of fulling wool. The most expensive and complicated phase in wool processing was the fulling of the cloths, as it required extensive use of waterpower that had to be conveyed to the […]
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The territory of Bagno a Ripoli is rich in historical evidence ranging from the Etruscans to the Romans to the Medici and Lorraine to 1944 when the Sinigaglia Partisan Brigade made a decisive contribution to the liberation of Florence from German occupation. However, the territory of the municipality is also very interesting from a landscape […]
