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The
Monna Tancia Holiday Home is in the heart of San Giovanni Valdarno,
15 meters far from the Palazzo D'Arnolfo. It is an old three-storey
palace, entirely restored. The palace is composed by in 6 apartments,
gracefully furnished with equipped kitchen, indipendent central
heating, TV sat, oven and fridge.
Historic notes - San Giovanni Valdarno was founded
in 1299, when Florence decided to build a fortified castle in
the Arno valley. This mediaeval town is rich of churches, palaces
and monuments of significant history, as Palazzo D'Arnolfo,
the painter Masaccio's native house, the S. Lorenzo Church with
some Masaccio' s brother frescoes and the Basilica di S. Maria
delle Grazie, built in 1484 after the Monna Tancia miracle.
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interior of the church contains a glazed terracotta by Giovanni della
Robbia and in the museum you can find L'Annunciazione, a Beato Angelico's
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The Monna Tancia miracle
Legend tells us that, during the terrible outbreak of the plague
in 1479, Monna Tancia, an old lady of 75, managed, thanks to her
fervent prayers to the Virgin Mary, to breastfeed her grandson Lorenzo,
whose parents had died of the plague.
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"Storie
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