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 Santa Margherita de' Cerchi - Florence, Italy Posted by:  razalas
N 43° 46.272 E 011° 15.427
32T E 681658 N 4848936
The Chiesa di Santa Margherita de' Cerchi is an ancient church dedicated to Margaret the Virgin in the centre of Florence, Italy.
Waymark Code: WMJACG
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 10/19/2013
Views: 3
"The Chiesa di Santa Margherita de' Cerchi is an ancient church dedicated to Margaret the Virgin in the centre of Florence, Italy. It is first recorded in 1032 and is said, contentiously, to have been the location of Dante's marriage to Gemma Donati in 1295. It was certainly the Donati family's parish church and also contains several tombs of the Portinari family, to which Dante's great love Beatrice Portinari belonged, including Monna Tessa, her nursemaid. The church contains a fine altarpiece of the Madonna and Four Saints by Neri di Bicci. Visitors may write letters to Beatrice to ask her to fix their love lives, leaving the letters in a basket next to her shrine." From: ( visit link)
Type of Church: Church
Status of Building: Actively in use for worship
Diocese: Diocese di Firenze
Address/Location:
Firenze, Toscana Italy
Relvant Web Site: [Web Link]
Date of organization: Not listed
Date of building construction: Not listed
Dominant Architectural Style: Not listed
Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed
Archdiocese: Not listed
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