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The Cemetery from the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte by Hans von Bartels. Adjacent to the church is the fine cloister , planned as early as 1426 and built from 1443 to mid-1450s. It was also designed by Bernardo and Antonio Rosselino, and financed by the Arte della Mercantia of Florence, [ 5 ] and the fortified bishop's palace, built in 1295 ...
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In 1320 the construction was completed by Bishop Antonio d'Orso and later another Florentine bishop Angelo Ricasoli made some additions.. The palace has ancient battlements and ogival windows with mullioned windows, on which can be seen the stone arms of the Church, Andrea dei Mozzi, Antonio d’Orso, the People of Florence and Angelo Ricasoli.
On the left bank, winding up the hill of San Miniato the Viale dei Colli was built, [2] an 8 kilometers long street lined with trees ending at the Piazzale Michelangelo, which was built as a broad terrace with a panoramic city view. [3] Bronze cast of David facing Florence from the center of the square
A number of churches have facades and interiors that are faced with polychrome marble, as at San Miniato al Monte. [4] The rest of a brick exterior was generally left undecorated with some notable exceptions including Pisa Cathedral. [5] Portals were rarely large and were square rather than round, as at San Miniato al Monte.
The church of San Miniato al Monte is dedicated to him. [3] According to legend, he was an Armenian king or prince serving in the Roman Army – or making a penitential pilgrimage to Rome [ 2 ] – who had decided to become a hermit near Florence.
The idea of a burial site near San Miniato was conceived around 1837, although the camposanto was inaugurated eleven years later, in 1848.. The project, originally entrusted to architect Niccolò Matas (the designer of the facade of the Basilica of Santa Croce), was enlarged and in 1864 Mariano Falcini used the area of the sixteenth-century fortress lying around the church.