If you’ve read our interesting articles about the great work of a non-profit Italian Trust called the Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI) and a remarkable incentive they run every two years called ‘I Luoghi del Cuore’ then you’re likely to have read its impressive top ten Tuscan hotspot list of 2012.
Why not treat yourself to a beautiful stay at a vacation villa in Scandicci where you can visit one of these attractions with ease?
Here are the four beautiful sacred sites that made it into this list, given to you in greater detail.
1) Tempio della Congregazione Olandese Alemanna in Livorno – This stunning monument made it into the overall top ten “I Luoghi del Cuore” 2012 short-list, coming in at ninth place. It’s a stunning and rare example of Neo-Gothic architecture in Livorno with its stunning exterior façade. Sadly the interior is in dire need of repair and restoration.
Why not treat yourself to a beautiful stay at a vacation villa in Scandicci where you can visit one of these attractions with ease?
Here are the four beautiful sacred sites that made it into this list, given to you in greater detail.
1) Tempio della Congregazione Olandese Alemanna in Livorno – This stunning monument made it into the overall top ten “I Luoghi del Cuore” 2012 short-list, coming in at ninth place. It’s a stunning and rare example of Neo-Gothic architecture in Livorno with its stunning exterior façade. Sadly the interior is in dire need of repair and restoration.
2) Badia di San Salvatore in Scandicci – Based a short distances outside of Florence, this sacred site is an ancient monument indeed, dating way back to 988! It was once the centre of settled life here and since some restoration work following damages caused by World War II, it has seen a lot more visitors.
It’s open to the public from 3-6pm on Sundays but there’s still a lot of work to be done to make the buildings of this site safe and fully accessible to tourists.
It’s open to the public from 3-6pm on Sundays but there’s still a lot of work to be done to make the buildings of this site safe and fully accessible to tourists.
3) Two popular cloisters in the Basilica Annunziata in Firenze which are called the Chiostrino dei Voti meaning the ‘Little Cloister of the Vows’ and Chiostro dei Morti meaning ‘Cloister of the Dead’ could certainly do with some restoration work to help them shine as brightly as they once did. But beautiful nonetheless as they are.
4) The San Lorenzo sacred site in Pistoia – Built in 1278 this site is a collection of a church, convent, cloisters and beautifully decorated porches connecting them all. But without a doubt there is quite a lot of work needed to bring it back to the way it once was.
Photo credits
picture 1: Vignaccia76 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Vignaccia76 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: Idefix / CC BY-SA 3.0
4) The San Lorenzo sacred site in Pistoia – Built in 1278 this site is a collection of a church, convent, cloisters and beautifully decorated porches connecting them all. But without a doubt there is quite a lot of work needed to bring it back to the way it once was.
Photo credits
picture 1: Vignaccia76 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 2: Vignaccia76 / CC BY-SA 3.0;
picture 3: Idefix / CC BY-SA 3.0
