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Gate of the Cross, Florence: Overall view

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

G. Massiot & cie
Part of: Architectural Lantern Slides of Italy
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

One of the monumental 13th century city gates which still survives (twelve were created in the building plan of ca. 1284-1333). It is located in the spot where tradition holds that Saint Miniato was beheaded and what is now Piazza Beccaria, one of the traffic islands created in the nineteenth century with the creation of the ring avenues (viali di Circonvallazione) built to improve traffic flow. Inside the arch is a fresco, rather deteriorated, of a Madonna and Child with Saints attributed to Michele di Ridolfo, (Michele Tosini, 1503-1577), which had a protective function for the city.

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Creator
G. Massiot & cie
Date
Circa 1910
Publisher
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
Material Type
photographs
Conditions Governing Access
To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library to arrange an appointment
Related Location
Florence, Tuscany, Italy

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Link to Finding Aid
https://curate.nd.edu/show/j098z893n30
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