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SCANDICCI
The last decades of urban and industrial expansion has transformed
Scandicci into a big residential and industrial centre, with many
types of services and commercial activities and Scandicci has practically
become a lively town totally independent from the nearby Florence.
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In
the past it was the Badia di San Salvatore at Settimo that governed
the area: it was in fact the monks of the Badia who drained the plain
of the river Arno and made it possible to develop the area. The marvellous
monuments of the Badia, from 988, were restructured after the bombings
during the World War II and now feature their original beauty. The
Badia was the patronage of the Cadolingos at the beginning of the
XI century but the Clunisian Benedictine monks took over the Badia
in 1004. In 1060 Giovanni Gualberto, the founder of the Vallombrosian
order, introduced the rules of the monks of Vallombrosa. Further on,
until 1732, the Badia was controlled by the Cistercian monks of San
Galgano.
The church Chiesa dei Santi Salvatori e Lorenzo, with Romanesque
origins, which was restructured by the Cistercians during the XIII
century is also part of the Badia.On the hills that surround Scandicci
you should make a stop at the Chiesa di San Martino alla Palma and
the Pieve di Sant'Alessandro a Giogoli. The Chiesa di San Martino
alla Palma goes back to the first years of 1000 and you have a great
view from its portico. The Pieve di Sant'Alesaandro a Giogolo preserves
its original Romanesque style though it was restructured in the 18th
century. The church was damaged during the Second World War but both
the apse and the façade have been restructured. There are several
villas which were built by the Florentine noble families in the surroundings
of Scandicci during the Renaissance. The villa Arcipresso, which today
looks like a residence from the 19th century, is famous as it was
from this refuge that David Herbert Lawrence wrote Lady Chatterly's
Lover in 1929, though suffering from tuberculosis. The Villa dei Colllazzi
was an ancient fortress of the Buondelmonti family and further on
reconstructed in the 16th century, while the Castello dell'Acciaolo
is a medieval residence and preserves big parts of the boundary wall
and two almost intact towers from the 14th century. |
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