SISTEMA MUSEALE CERTALDO Museo Palazzo Pretorio


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Position in relation to the emerging urban fabric of the center is the intersection of Via Boccaccio via Rivellino, axes of the city life. His mole assume the role of fire perspective not only for those routes, but also throughout the surrounding area. It was built in the twelfth century. Was first residence of the Counts Alberti, then expanded and modified to accommodate the functions of the Vicariate: still visible prisons, the hearing room of the store, chapel and private housing. There are two large gardens, one of which houses the works of contemporary art the garden of the home of tea Hidetoshi Nagasawa. The Church of Saints Thomas and Prospero adjacent to the courtyard of the palace Pretorio, this is the oldest of the village and dates back to the thirteenth century..

The most significant monument of Certaldo is the Palazzo Pretorio or Vicario, built in the twelfth century. and residence of the Counts Alberti, then expanded and modified to accommodate the functions of the Vicariate (such as the hall of hearings, the prisons, the archive, the chapel, in addition to housing). On the facade and in many coats of marble, paintings and earthenware school Robbia. In the adjoining building and, now deconsecrated church of SS. Thomas and Prospero (the oldest, the first XIII sec.) You can admire the frescoes and sinopie XV and XVI., Including, in "the room of strangers", a Madonna and Child Enthroned by Pier Francesco Fiorentino and, in church, the rich Tabernacle of justice of Benozzo Gozzoli and Giusto D'Andrea.