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CHIESA ORSANMICHELE

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Via Arte della Lana, 9, Florence - Firenze , Italy
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2024
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A place with an atypical history! There was once an oratory dedicated to the Archangel Michael, built in the garden of a Benedictine monastery. Since then, there has been a portico that was enlarged and consolidated in 1337, as the current two-storey structure was built above it to store wheat in the event of famine. In 1380, because of the increasingly intense devotion to an image of the Madonna placed on a pilaster in the portico, the arcades on the ground floor were closed. The portico was thus transformed into an unusual church with two naves, which is now the worthy setting for a splendid marble tabernacle in Gothic style, the work of the Florentine sculptor Andrea Orcagna. This old church, transformed into a grain market and then again into a church, houses a beautiful, albeit somewhat dark, interior of medieval architecture.

Among the statues that adorn the exterior of the Orsanmichele church are those of Lorenzo Ghiberti in bronze, on the side of Arte della Lana Street, representing Saint Matthew, at the corner of Orsanmichele Street, and Santo Stefano. Those of Donatello - Saint George - and Verrocchio - a group with the Unbelief of Saint Thomas - towards Calzaioli Street have been replaced by copies (the originals being at the Bargello Museum). These statues were financed by the Florence merchant corporations, proof that the commercial activity was closely linked to religion and art. A few steps away, stands the imposing Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria.


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banbinho
Visited in may 2019
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Magnifique église sur 3 étages qui permet de découvrir non seulement la vue de Florence, mais aussi de remarquables statues très bien conservées et d'intérêt artistique indéniable !
Manej
Visited in october 2016
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A visiter un lundi pour profiter de la vue depuis les deuxième et troisième étages. Très belle église. Photos interdites, même sans flash. Attention, le vigile est aux aguets !
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Cette élise est très richement décorée et possède de beaux plafonds peints.
Attention, l'accès au musée se situant à l'étage n'est possible que le lundi (gratuit).
Il permet de voir de plus près les statues de l'église et offre un panorama à 360° sur les toits de Florence. Ça vaut le détour!
Orsanmichele is cut into two, down the remains of the church and top a room where you can admire the statues of the church. The whole is an interesting visit.

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