| Villamagna | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Tuscany | |
| Altitude | 326 m a.s.l. | |
| Inhabitants | 205 (2011) | |
| Prefix tel | 39 055 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 50012 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
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Villamagna is a fraction of the municipality of Bathroom in Ripoli in the province of Florence.
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Background
The village of Villamagna is mentioned for the first time in 1067. The nuns of Sant'Ellero di Vallombrosa had jurisdiction over it, as confirmed by a privilege of Emperor Henry VI signed in Pisa February 26, 1191. It was the seat of a castle.
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Villamagna (Bagno a Ripoli): full screen map.In the main square of the town there is the parish church of San Donnino, dating back to the eighth century. Nearby, going up towards the church and convent of San Francesco all'Incontro, is the oratory of Beato Gherardo, from the end of the 14th century, which preserves the relics of the blessed Gherardo di Villamagna, born in Villamagna around 1174.
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Church of San Francesco
- 1 Church of San Francesco (In the locality L'Incontro, a Villamagna). On the top of the Incontro hill stood a fort and an oratory dedicated to San Macario. In 1717, San Leonardo da Porto Maurizio built a hospice for religious. The convent of the Minori Osservanti Questuanti was suppressed by the French and in 1811 assigned to private individuals. In 1853 the Minister General of the Friars Minor, Father Venanzio da Celano, approved the foundation of a convent-retreat for the Franciscan missionary fathers: since then the building has been the seat of the Preachers of the Minorite Province of the Stigmata. The current building, owned by the Tuscan Province of the Order of Friars Minor, has the appearance due to the post-war reconstruction.
Parish church of San Donnino
- 2 Parish church of San Donnino (TO Villamagna). It was founded in the 8th century and rebuilt in the Romanesque period. In the fourteenth century the church was renovated and in the fifteenth century the interior of the church was enriched with the construction of an altar dedicated to San Michele. In 1930 the church was restored to its Romanesque form thanks to a restoration. The church stands at the center of the vast pleban complex of Villamagna and consists of a small basilica with three naves ending with a circular apse and equipped with a bell tower. The structure of the church dates back to the 11th century. The grandstand, very beautiful, is characterized by the volume of the apse in the surface of which a window opens. On the right is the bell tower. It has a square plan and is divided into six floors, the last of which was built after the Second World War. The interior, with three naves divided by six round arches resting on quadrilateral pillars, is quite bare but measured in terms of relationships. In the presbytery, under the high altar is the ark containing the body of the blessed Gherardo da Villamagna while above the high altar there is a Crucifix processionary.
Villa La Tana
- 3 Villa La Tana, Via di Villamagna (In the Candeli area). In the fifteenth century there was already a turreted house on this site, owned by the Buccelli of Montepulciano. The villa, much more spartan than today, had two floors and a hall in the center. In 1631 it was sold to Baron Leon Francesco Pasquale Ricasoli, who promoted various works, culminating in the complete renovation of the villa. The "casa da Signore" became a real villa, but kept the nickname of "den", being "holed up in the woods" on the slopes of Villamagna. In the nineteenth century a small chapel was added to the right of the facade. The villa is located on a natural terrace which is accessed by a double curved staircase, adorned with statues. The façade has a scenographic shape, with volutes at the top and an attic with a clock in the center. The interior contains a hall decorated with frescoes by Antonio Cioci, with scenes of seaside resorts framed by stucco. On the back are the gardens, with a parterre of geometric flower beds, bordered on the side by a green wall.
Villa Il Poggio
- 4 Villa Il Poggio, Via di Belforte, 19 (TO Villamagna). The villa owes its name to the small hill, that is to the small hill on which it stands. In ancient sources it is mentioned as one of the most flourishing "palagio" villas in the Villamagna countryside, and was originally owned by the Cavalcanti. The main embellishments and enlargements of the building and the surrounding agricultural property date back to the end of the 17th century. The villa has a sixteenth-century appearance, with simple and elegant shapes, embellished on the facade by a portico with loggia. On the opposite side, in front of the garden, at the top of a staircase, there is a street bench, interrupted by the arched door on which the family coat of arms of the Nasi can be seen. The Italian garden is surrounded by high walls, with a nursery that collects the waters of the nearby springs.
Oratory of Beato Gherardo
- 5 Oratory of Beato Gherardo (Villamagna). The oratory consists of a simple rectangular hall covered with a roof and without an apse. The building, while showing the typical features of Romanesque architecture, has a gothic structure. The building rises upstream of Villamagna, in the place where Gherardo di Villamagna would have retired to lead a hermit's life. According to the saint's hagiography, after becoming a Jerusalemite hermit, Gherardo himself built an oratory dedicated to St. John in Jerusalem where in March 1277 he was buried. In the 17th century it was restored and adapted to the Baroque style of the time. Given the abandonment of the building on 11 March 1836, the body of the saint was moved to the parish church of Villamagna. Between 1891 and 1893 the church was restored again to bring it back to a Romanesque style. Today the oratory serves only as a chapel for the contiguous cemetery. The interior shows a roof with wooden trusses and decorations with stucco from the Baroque period. Excerpts from the cycle of frescoes with Episodes from the life of the Blessed (late 14th century), and a stone tabernacle with an ogival frame in whose cusp the figure of the Blessed Gherardo (late 14th century).
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