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67 relations: Agnolo Gaddi, Alesso Baldovinetti, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Antonio Manetti, Antonio Rossellino, Apse, Armenians, Arno, Arte di Calimala, Basilica, Bell tower, Benedict of Nursia, Bernardo Rossellino, Brenninkmeijer family, Bruno Rossi, Cardinal (Catholic Church), Carlo Collodi, Catholic Church, Cephalophore, Chancel, Choir, Cloister, Cluniac Reforms, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Crucifix, Crypt, Decapitation, Decius, Florence, Fresco, Giovanni Papini, Giovanni Spadolini, Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Herbal tea, Honey, Italy, James of Portugal, Libero Andreotti, Liqueur, Luca della Robbia, Luigi Ugolini, Marble, Marietta Piccolomini, Mario Cecchi Gori, Metz, Michelangelo, Michelozzo, Minias of Florence, Mosaic, Nave, ..., Obsession (1976 film), Olivetans, Order of Saint Benedict, Piero del Pollaiolo, Pietro Annigoni, Pinocchio, Portugal, Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala, Pulpit, Romanesque architecture, Sacristy, Santa Trinita, Siege, Spinello Aretino, Taddeo Gaddi, Terracotta, Tuscany. Expand index (17 more) »
Agnolo Gaddi
Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter.
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Alesso Baldovinetti
Alesso Baldovinetti (14 October 1425 – 29 August 1499) was an Italian early Renaissance painter.
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Antonio del Pollaiolo
Antonio del Pollaiuolo (17 January 1429/14334 February 1498), also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo, was an Italian painter, sculptor, engraver and goldsmith during the Italian Renaissance.
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Antonio Manetti
Antonio Manetti (6 July 1423 – 26 May 1497) was an Italian mathematician and architect from Florence.
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Antonio Rossellino
Antonio Gamberelli (1427–1479),Janson, H.W. (1995) History of Art.
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Apse
In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin absis: "arch, vault" from Greek ἀψίς apsis "arch"; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an Exedra.
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Armenians
Armenians (հայեր, hayer) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian Highlands.
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Arno
The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy.
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Arte di Calimala
The Arte di Calimala, the guild of the cloth finishers and merchants in foreign cloth, was one of the greater guilds of Florence, the Arti Maggiori, who arrogated to themselves the civic power of the Republic of Florence during the Late Middle Ages.
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Basilica
A basilica is a type of building, usually a church, that is typically rectangular with a central nave and aisles, usually with a slightly raised platform and an apse at one or both ends.
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Bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none.
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Benedict of Nursia
Benedict of Nursia (Benedictus Nursiae; Benedetto da Norcia; Vulgar Latin: *Benedecto; Benedikt; 2 March 480 – 543 or 547 AD) is a Christian saint, who is venerated in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, the Anglican Communion and Old Catholic Churches.
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Bernardo Rossellino
Bernardo di Matteo del Borra Gamberelli (1409 Settignano – 1464 Florence), better known as Bernardo Rossellino, was an Italian sculptor and architect, the elder brother of the sculptor Antonio Rossellino.
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Brenninkmeijer family
Brenninkmeijer (Brenninkmeyer) is a German-Dutch family and the richest family in the Netherlands.
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Bruno Rossi
Bruno Benedetto Rossi (13 April 1905 – 21 November 1993) was an Italian experimental physicist.
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Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Carlo Collodi
Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi (24 November 1826 – 26 October 1890), was an Italian author and journalist, widely known for his world-renowned fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.
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Cephalophore
A cephalophore (from the Greek for "head-carrier") is a saint who is generally depicted carrying his or her own head.
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Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.
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Choir
A choir (also known as a quire, chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers.
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Cloister
A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.
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Cluniac Reforms
The Cluniac Reforms (also called the Benedictine Reform) were a series of changes within medieval monasticism of the Western Church focused on restoring the traditional monastic life, encouraging art, and caring for the poor.
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Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
Cosimo I de' Medici (12 June 1519 – 21 April 1574) was the second Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death.
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Crucifix
A crucifix (from Latin cruci fixus meaning "(one) fixed to a cross") is an image of Jesus on the cross, as distinct from a bare cross.
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Crypt
A crypt (from Latin crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building.
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Decapitation
Decapitation is the complete separation of the head from the body.
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Decius
Trajan Decius (Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Trajanus Decius Augustus; c. 201June 251) was Roman Emperor from 249 to 251.
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Florence
Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.
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Fresco
Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster.
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Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini (January 9, 1881 – July 8, 1956) was an Italian journalist, essayist, literary critic, poet, and novelist.
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Giovanni Spadolini
Giovanni Spadolini (21 June 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a Republican Italian politician, the 44th Prime Minister of Italy, newspaper editor, journalist and a historian.
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Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II (Heinrich II; Enrico II) (6 May 973 – 13 July 1024), also known as Saint Henry, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014 until his death in 1024 and the last member of the Ottonian dynasty of Emperors as he had no children.
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Herbal tea
Herbal teas — less commonly called tisanes (UK and US, US also) — are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water.
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Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects.
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Italy
Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.
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James of Portugal
James of Portugal (17 September 1433 – 27 August 1459), also known as James of Coimbra, James of Lusitania, was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, and a bishop and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Libero Andreotti
Libero Andreotti (June 18, 1875 in Pescia – April 4, 1933) was an Italian sculptor, illustrator and ceramics artist.
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Liqueur
A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit that has been flavored with either fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers or nuts, and is bottled with added sugars and other sweeteners (such as high-fructose corn syrup).
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Luca della Robbia
Luca della Robbia (1399/1400–1482) was an Italian sculptor from Florence.
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Luigi Ugolini
Luigi Ugolini (June 25, 1891 – June 22, 1980) was an Italian writer.
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Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.
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Marietta Piccolomini
Marietta Piccolomini (5 March 1834 – 11 December 1899)The birthdate given in this article is stated by the Register of baptisms — year 1834 — number 215 — of the former Parish of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Sienna, while the death date given is engraved upon the singer's tombstone in Florence's Cimitero delle Porte Sante (Giampaolo Bianchi, op. cit.). Therefore, the different conflicting dates reported by various sources (birthdates include 15 March 1834; death dates include 11 February, and 20 or 23 December 1899) are to be held unfounded.
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Mario Cecchi Gori
Mario Cecchi Gori, (21 March 1920, in Brescia – 5 November 1993, in Rome), was an Italian film producer and owner of companies.
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Metz
Metz (Lorraine Franconian pronunciation) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more commonly known by his first name Michelangelo (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
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Michelozzo
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi (1396–1472) was an Italian architect and sculptor.
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Minias of Florence
Saint Minias (Minas, Miniatus) (Miniato, Մինաս) (3rd century) is venerated as the first Christian martyr of Florence.
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Mosaic
A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials.
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Nave
The nave is the central aisle of a basilica church, or the main body of a church (whether aisled or not) between its rear wall and the far end of its intersection with the transept at the chancel.
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Obsession (1976 film)
Obsession is a 1976 psychological thriller/mystery film directed by Brian De Palma, starring Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow, and Stocker Fontelieu.
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Olivetans
The Olivetans, or the Order of Our Lady of Mount Olivet, are a monastic order formally recognised in 1344.
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Order of Saint Benedict
The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.
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Piero del Pollaiolo
Piero del Pollaiuolo (c. 1443 – 1496), also known as Piero Benci, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence.
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Pietro Annigoni
Pietro Annigoni (7 June 1910 – 28 October 1988) was an Italian portrait and fresco painter, best known for his portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Pinocchio
Pinocchio is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala
Princess Maria Carolina Christina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala (born 23 June 1974), is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, and is a member of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well as of the Dutch Royal Family.
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Pulpit
Pulpit is a raised stand for preachers in a Christian church.
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Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches.
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Sacristy
A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments (such as the alb and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels, and parish records.
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Santa Trinita
Santa Trinita (Italian for "Holy Trinity") is a Roman Catholic church located in front of the Piazza of the same name, traversed by Via de' Tornabuoni, in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
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Siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.
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Spinello Aretino
Spinello Aretino (c. 1350 – c. 1410) was an Italian painter from Arezzo, whose style influenced the development of late 14th- and early 15th-century painting in Tuscany.
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Taddeo Gaddi
Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1290, Florence – 1366, Florence) was a medieval Italian painter and architect.
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Terracotta
Terracotta, terra cotta or terra-cotta (Italian: "baked earth", from the Latin terra cocta), a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous.
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Tuscany
Tuscany (Toscana) is a region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miniato_al_Monte
