Located just outside Castelfranco di Sopra, but fortunately remaining isolated and surrounded by green olive trees and vines, today the complex of the Abbey of San Salvatore a Soffena is an extraordinary calling card for those who come to the village from the Setteponti road. The complex consists of the church, cloister and convent.<\/p>\n
The Abbey is mentioned as early as 1014 in a document. In 1090 with a papal bull of Urban II\u00b0, it was entrusted to the Vallombrosian monks along with other possessions. In the early decades of the 1700s, however, the Abbey went into rapid decline; in fact, it was destined for agricultural use resulting in the dispersion of the artistic artifacts and damage to the frescoes.<\/p>\n
The church, first recorded in 1076, insists on the structures of a 9th-10th century building. Between the 13th and 14th centuries it was rebuilt in a rotated position in relation to the earlier building. While adopting the Vallombrosian architectural scheme of a Latin cross with a tiburium, the building has some solutions, such as transverse terracotta arches, characteristic of the new 13th-century language. The bell tower is opened by a round of elegant mullioned windows with two lights in the belfry. Inside, a cycle of frescoes with the Life of St. John Gualbert by Neri di Bicci; a Madonna and Child by Paolo Schiavo; an Annunciation by Giovanni di Ser Giovanni known as lo Scheggia, brother of Masaccio; and a Massacre of the Innocents by Liberato da Rieti.<\/p>\n
Opening hours:
\nMonday, Wednesday, Friday from 1 to 7 p.m.
\nTuesday, Thursday, Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
\nSunday: open 2nd and 4th of the month from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
Free Admission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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