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Santa Maria della Neve al Portico

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Santa Maria della Neve al Portico is a Roman Catholic church and convent located on a rural site on Via del Podestà #86 in the suburban neighborhood of Galluzzo southeast of the urban center of Florence, Italy. It remains a monastery and is also known as the Convento Il Portico and now houses the Istituti Religiosi Femminili Suore Stimmatine.

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Santa Maria della Neve al Portico
Via del Podestà, Florence Quartiere 3

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Via del Podestà 84/B
50124 Florence, Quartiere 3
Tuscany, Italy
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