place

Santa Maria Nuova, Pistoia

13th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in ItalyAll pages needing cleanupRoman Catholic churches in PistoiaRomanesque architecture in TuscanyWikipedia introduction cleanup from July 2021
Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova (Pistoia) 1
Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova (Pistoia) 1

Santa Maria Nuova is a Romanesque-style, de-consecrated church located on Via Manrico Ducceschi #2 and Largo Santa Maria, in Pistoia, region of Tuscany, Italy.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Santa Maria Nuova, Pistoia (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors, Images).

Santa Maria Nuova, Pistoia
Via Manrico Ducceschi, Pistoia

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address External links Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Santa Maria Nuova, PistoiaContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 43.930899 ° E 10.921087 °
placeShow on map

Address

Santa Maria Nuova

Via Manrico Ducceschi
51100 Pistoia
Tuscany, Italy
mapOpen on Google Maps

linkWikiData (Q3673506)
linkOpenStreetMap (108583914)

Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova (Pistoia) 1
Ex Chiesa di Santa Maria Nuova (Pistoia) 1
Share experience

Nearby Places

Santa Barbara Fortress, Pistoia
Santa Barbara Fortress, Pistoia

The Fortress of Santa Barbara (Fortezza di Santa Barbara) is a 14th-century urban castle erected to house troops guarding the town of Pistoia, in the region of Tuscany, Italy. While it is suggested that initially the fortress was named after a nearby church of Saint Barnabas, however, Saint Barbara is the patron saint of artillerymen. The initial fortress was erected in 1331, after the Florentine Republic had defeated the forces of Castruccio Castracani, and reconsolidated their power over Pistoia. In 1531, under the designs of Nanni Unghero, the fortress was enlarged, but subsequently during the rule of the Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici the fortress was further enhanced, initially by Giovanni Battista Belluci, and subsequently by construction of a perimeter wall under the design of Bernardo Buontalenti. Similar fortress buildings by the Medici ruler took place throughout Tuscany, including the similarly named Fortezza di Santa Barbara in Siena in 1561–63. Unghero's fortress had been a simple moated quadrilateral, but Buontalenti linked the structure to the city wall. The fortress was only besieged in 1643, when the armies of the Pope Urban VIII Barberini unsuccessfully attacked the city. In the late 18th-century, Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo I, relieved the fortress of its role in the city defences, changing the main functions to work as barracks. In subsequent decades it also served as a jail. In 1970, much-needed restoration work was begun. The fortress chapel has some Baroque era frescoes. Presently surrounding land serves as parkland and the ramparts have views of town and surrounding territory.