Passport In the footsteps of Dante in Tuscany IT ENG - Palazzo Strozzi
Passport In the footsteps of Dante in Tuscany IT ENG - Palazzo Strozzi
Passport In the footsteps of Dante in Tuscany IT ENG - Palazzo Strozzi
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15Santa Maria NovellaLa cappella dedicata asan Tommaso d’Aqu<strong>in</strong>o fucostruita tra il 1340 e il 1350dalla famiglia degli <strong>Strozzi</strong> diMantova. Alle pareti Nardodi Cione – probabilmente<strong>in</strong>torno al 1350-1357 – haraffigurato i regni dei cielisecondo lo schema fissatodalla Commedia dantesca:a destra il Purgatorio (<strong>in</strong>alto) e l’<strong>In</strong>ferno (<strong>in</strong> basso),a s<strong>in</strong>istra il Paradiso.Sulla parete di fondo èrappresentato il GiudizioUniversale: <strong>in</strong> alto a s<strong>in</strong>istraappare il ritratto di <strong>Dante</strong>.The chapel dedicated to St.Thomas Aqu<strong>in</strong>as was builtby <strong>the</strong> family <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Strozzi</strong>di Mantova between 1340and 1350. Nardo di Cione,probably pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> around1350–7, decorated <strong>the</strong> wallswith <strong>the</strong> k<strong>in</strong>gdoms <strong>of</strong> heavenaccord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> patterndescribed <strong>in</strong> <strong>Dante</strong>’s Div<strong>in</strong>eComedy: on <strong>the</strong> right wesee Purgatory (above) andHell (below), while Heavenis on <strong>the</strong> left. The back wallcarries a Last Judgement,with a portrait <strong>of</strong> <strong>Dante</strong> to <strong>the</strong>upper left.aperto: lunedì-giovedì9.00-17.30;venerdì 11.00-17.30;sabato 9.00-17.00;domenica e festività religioseluglio-settembre12.00-17.00;ottobre-giugno 13.00-17.00open: Monday–Thursday9.00–17.30;Friday 11.00–17.30;Saturday 9.00–17.00;Sunday and religious holidaysJuly–September 12.00–17.00;October–June 13.00–17.00Piazza Santa Maria Novellatel. +39 055 219257www.chiesasantamarianovella.it4849
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