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THE PIEVE OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA

The church titled to the patron of Florence and San Giovanni was built, starting in 1312, at the side of Porta S. Andrea, demolished in the early decades of the last century.
The current aspect of the outside is orientate to a dominant classical style. The facade is crowned by a pediment and aportico with three arches on Tuscan columns.
The interior, very simple and bare, is a single rectangular nave with a woody roof. From the major altar of the church comes the Polyptych of Mariotto di Nardo currently preserved in the museum of Basilica.

BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE

The Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie coasts all the western side of Masaccio Square.

CASA MASACCIO & CASA GIOVANNI MANNOZZI

Masaccio was born on June 21st 1401 on his simple house at the 83 number of Corso Italia.

THE MUSEUM OF BASILICA

The institution of a museum at the Oratorio delle Grazie is dated back to 1864.

PALAZZO D’ARNOLFO &
MUSEUM OF TERRE NUOVE

Praetorian Palace, better known as Palazzo d’Arnolfo, take its name from the architect Arnolfo di Cambio that has planned the entire thirteenth-century castle and probably, under information of Giorgio Vasari, also this palace.

THE PIEVE OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA

The church titled to the patron of Florence and San Giovanni was built, starting in 1312, at the side of Porta S. Andrea.

THE CHURCH OF SAN LORENZO

The Church of San Lorenzo, that depends on the church of Cavriglia, dependent on Pieve di Cavriglia, existed before the foundation of Castel San Giovanni.