Incisa Val d'Arno

Val d'Arno is a city in Tuscany.

Get in

By car

Take the A1 Milan-Rome motorway and get off at the Incisa Val d'Arno exit (coming from the North.

See
  • The vineyards of Chianti are a must.
  • 🌍 church of Sant'Alessandro. In the parish church of Incisa, there is a fragmentary triptych by Andrea di Giusto, datable to the fifth decade of the 15th century and depicting the Madonna and Child enthroned with saints. 
  • 🌍 Church of Santi Cosma e Damiano al Vivaio. In the place of the current complex there was a monastery at least since 1309 which in 1510 the Franciscans took over and used as a hospice, completely refounding the structures and carrying out a massive expansion. 
  • 🌍 Oratorio del Santissimo Crocifisso. The religious building, which takes its name from a much venerated Crucifix, is now the seat of the small local Museum of Sacred Art. 
  • 🌍 Church of Saints Vito and Modesto, Loppiano. It was one of the most flourishing parish churches in the diocese of Fiesole, already mentioned in the 11th century, then transformed several times. 
  • 🌍 Church of Santa Maria di Loreto in Palazzolo. The neo-Gothic church was built in the twentieth century for the needs of the town of Palazzolo and contains works of art from churches in the surrounding area. 
  • San Lorenzo a Cappiano: the ancient church, the old parish church of Palazzolo and Burchio, has been restored and is now private property. Inside it still has a fresco with the Madonna with Child and Saints attributed to Sebastiano Mainardi .
  • San Niccolò ad Olmeto: also privately owned, it still has a pleasant eighteenth-century appearance and a fresco from the same period.
  • 🌍 Church of San Michele in Mormiano. part of an accommodation facility, it housed the triptych by Andrea di Giusto, now in Sant'Alessandro. 

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