San Donato in Poggio, Italy

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Coordinates : 43.535660, 11.234812 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The town of San Donato has preserved its thirteenth-century city walls, on the western side of which stands a watchtower with a very particular shape, called Il Torrino. The village can be accessed from the north, through the massive Porta Fiorentina, or from the south through the Porta Senese.The central point of the village is Piazza Malaspina, at the center of which is the octagonal-shaped well under which a cistern extends; it is on this square that the beautiful Malaspina palace (formerly Palazzo Ticci) of the Renaissance era, the church of Santa Maria della Neve (fifteenth century) and in front of it the Palazzo Pretorio which inside preserves a fresco of the fourteenth century depicting the Madonna and Child with Saints. Exhibitions at Palazzo Malaspina and concerts at the church of Santa Maria della NeveOutside the village is the parish church of San Donato in Poggio, a remarkable example of Florentine Romanesque architecture (twelfth century), mentioned in a parchment of 989. The exterior is characterized by a regular row masonry in alberese. The interior, with three naves with three apses, preserves, among others, a baptismal font by Giovanni della Robbia (1513), a triptych attributed to Giovanni del Biondo (1375), other fourteenth-century panels and on the high altar a painted Cross attributed to the School of Giotto.

Recommended equipment : Wide angle for the streets, then a bit of all the focal lengths for the details.

Best months : A bit of every season

How to get there : Take the Firenze – Siena motorway. Exit at San Donato. Follow the signs for San Donato in Poggio, a detour immediately after the parish church, visible from the road.

Visits : You cannot enter the village by car, there is a good parking lot as soon as you arrive

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Sunrise: 05:35, Sunset: 20:51

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🌖 Waning Gibbous, Brightness: 82%

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