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San Miniato al Monte: Overall exterior view, showing complex on hill

Date

Circa 1910

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

Beside the church is the remains of a campanile and next to the church, a monastery (known as the Bishop's Palace). Buildings in Tuscany were conservative and followed Early Christian models. An important feature of Florentine Romanesque is exemplified by the striking use of coloured marble inlays to form lively geometrical patterns seen also at S Miniato al Monte, with an interior articulated by the rhythmic alternating system of columnar and quadrilobed piers, the latter rising to diaphragm arches.

Beside the church is the remains of a campanile and next to the church, a monastery (known as the Bishop's Palace).

Buildings in Tuscany were conservative and followed Early Christian models. An important feature of Florentine Romanesque is exemplified by the striking use of coloured marble inlays to form lively geometrical patterns seen also at S Miniato al Monte, with an interior articulated by the rhythmic alternating system of columnar and quadrilobed piers, the latter rising to diaphragm arches.
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