Badia a Settimo

Daughter monasteries

Monastery of San Bartolomeo di Buonsollazzo

The monastery of San Salvatore a Settimo was a former Cistercian monk abbey in Tuscany, Italy. It was near the Arno River seven miles (hence the name a Settimo ) towards Pisa in Scandicci in the province of Florence.

History

The monastery was originally a Benedictine foundation, which was first mentioned in the year 998 and was compared in importance with Montecassino and Nonantola. The monastery was attached and resembled a castle. First, it was reformed by the Vallombrosanern who came in 1048 in the monastery, but left it again to 1090. Pope Gregory IX. entrusted it in 1236 to reform the Cistercians monastery of San Galgano, which posted a Convention composed of 18 monks in the same year. This belonged to the monastery of filiation primary Clairvaux Abbey. The monastery flourished then on artistic and Gregorian chant. The monastery became the mother monastery of the monastery of San Bartolomeo di Buonsollazzo. Also, the Monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena fuori Porta Pinti in Florence was occupied by San Salvatore a Settimo, but raised only in the late Middle Ages to the abbey. 1436 was the monastery in Upcoming, which led to a decline in the number of monks. 1497 joined the Italian Cistercian Congregation. The Cistercian remained until 1783, picked as Grand Duke Leopold I of Tuscany the monastery with the other Cistercian monasteries in his realm. Two-thirds of the monastery were sold to private individuals, the southwest part transformed into a commercial operation. The church became a parish church. The Second World War and the Arno flood of 1966 led to devastation. The privately used part has been extensively rebuilt in 1995 for commercial use, to the public authorities intervened. Now in formation of a circle of friends " Amici della Badia di Settimo ". The church was restored in part to 2005. The plant is used as a cultural center.

Plant and buildings

The restored in 1998, with three naves and semicircular apses to the aisles and rectangular apse of the central nave parish church is today. It has a large Gothic rose window and a Renaissance apse and crypt from the period around 1000. The bell tower was destroyed in 1944 rebuilt. The main cloister, the chapter house and the large Konversensaal are not yet accessible again.