Pieve sant’Alessandro a Giogoli

Sant'Alessandro a Giogoli is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic parish church located within the town limits of Scandicci in the province of the metropolitan city of Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. The name of the neighborhood Giogoli appears to be derived from gioghi or yokes, and may refer to the low hills of the region. A church at the site is mentioned by 10th-century; and a plaque in the adjacent cloister quoted a papal bull from 1187, wherein Pope Gregory VIII defined certain privileges granted to the church. The church was initially patronized by the Buondelmonti family. The Romanesque stone layout with a semi-circular apse underwent many reconstructions over the centuries, but is still maintained from the exterior. The facade has a small narrow mullioned window. Around 1712, the interior acquired a heavy Rococo decoration with stucco.

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