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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 ...
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.
At San Miniato al Monte the definition of the architectural parts is made even clearer by the polychrome marble, a feature of many Italian medieval façades, particularly in Tuscany. At San Michele the vertical definition is present as at San Zeno, but the rooflines are screened behind a single large gable decorated with stepped arcading.
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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.
It was painted for the altar in the Cardinal of Portugal's Chapel, a funerary chapel in the church of San Miniato al Monte in Florence, built for the prince and cardinal James of Portugal, who died in exile in Florence in 1459 at the age of 26. [2] The painting is now in the Uffizi in Florence, with a copy in place in the chapel. [3]
Jacopo del Casentino (1297–1358) “San Miniato and scene of his life” - tempera on panel - Church of San Miniato al Monte in Florence Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, called Sodoma (Vercelli 1477-Siena 1549) “Saint Sebastian” oil on canvas - Uffizi Gallery (under restoration)
The Palazzo dei Vescovi at San Miniato al Monte was a summer residence of the Bishops of Florence and was built, at his own expense, by Monsignor Andrea dei Mozzi, Bishop of Florence, recalled by Dante in canto XV of Inferno. [1]