Church of Santissima Annunziata description and photos - Italy: Florence (Topic)

Church of Santissima Annunziata description and photos - Italy: Florence. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Santissima Annunziata.

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It was originally a chapel of the Servite Order, built outside the second fortress wall of the city (1250). The church acquired its modern look in 1444-1481 thanks to the efforts of such architects as Michelozzo, Pagno Portinari and Antonio Manetti. The facade portico is decorated with Corinthian columns. The interior of the church was changed in the middle of the 17th century.

The central portal of the church leads to the small Monastery of the Vows (1447), a scenic space decorated with frescoed lunettes by Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo and Andrea del Sarto (1511-1513

The church houses one of the most revered city shrines - the image of the Virgin Mary, begun in 1252 by a monk, and finished, according to legend, by an angel. This fresco is on the left when entering the church, the newlyweds usually come to her, they put a bunch of flowers and ask for a long and happy life in marriage.

The Church of Santissima Annunziata is located on the square of the same name, in the center of which there is an equestrian statue of Ferdinand I de Medici. It is paired with the statue of Cosimo I in Piazza della Signoria; it was also written by Giambologna, but completed by Takka in 1608. Takka is also the author of two fountains depicting grotesque sea monsters, placed in strict symmetry on both sides of this square.

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