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Art and Culture
Churches
Holy Spirit ("Santo Spirito")
The neighborhood of Santo Spirito in Oltrarno, an area typified by its artisans, restorers and antique dealers, owes its name to the church Santo Spirito.
Planned by Brunelleschi and begun in 1444, it was completed only at the end of the fifteenth century, much after his death.
Within, the harmony of its proportions has been somewhat altered by the elaborate baroque canopy over the main altar, finished in 1607 by Giovanni Caccini.
The church has 38 side altars, decorated with Renaissance sculptures and paintings from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Also of special interest is the sacristy, built according to the designs of Giuliano da Sangallo in 1489. |
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