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Church of Saint Bartolomeo (Morrona)

The church of Saint Bartolomeo is in Morrona in the community of Terricciola.

DESCRIPTION

The facade of the Church of Saint Bartolomeo shows the sign of the nineteenth-century remake with the unusual irregular largeness of the two naves. It was restored in the 1930, inner the building, unfortunately the reduced dimension.

In the presbytery, it is raised and divided from the rest of hall by two couples of columns, it conserve the “Martirio di San Bartolomeo”, of Tuscan school of the middle 1700. The central vaults of the dome show the mosaic decorations of 1800, they are covered in part for the successive whitening. In the right nave there is the “Madonna con Bambino e santi” of Tuscan school of XVII century.

Church of Santa Maria at Morrona

HISTORY

The Church of Santa Maria at Morrona, was founded in XI century by the Cadolongi’s counts of Fucecchio with other three abbeys, it was managed by Benedettini and later it passed to the monks Camaldolesi. The monastery was experienced by numerous upgrades during his history thanks to the donations by nobles: in 1089 by the count Uguccione, son of count Guglielmo Bulgaro, and in the years 1098 and 1109 thanks to the sons of the Count Bulgaro. The ownerships were validated by Pontiff Celestino II in 1121, by Innocenzo II in 1141 and Eugenio III in 1148.

The actual church was built in 1152, when they decided to transfer it into the ancient monastery.

In 1482 the bishop of Volterra took possession of the abbey, he transformed them into his summery residence. The Romanic building choose a unique planimetry and an unique nave apse, starting from middle of length, it is flanked by two lateral naves, they are articulate on two spans nearly to form a dilated transept. The space of monastery were been transformed into private Villa. The inner walls della of the church present frescos depicting Apostoli of eighteenth-century.

In 1870, thanks to the born of Italian State, the ownerships were confiscated and resold as farm.

Currently the estate include vineyards, olive groves and others plantations. From the ancient religious building remain the cloister, the bell tower. It was created a dedicated space for the agritourism.

Morrona

Morrona is an hamlet of the community of Terricciola

HISTORY

The first notices of Morrona are date back to year 1000. At the time under the control of the Cadolingi’s counts. In 1294, Morrona was used as refuge of ghibellini. All follow Guido da Montefeltro podestà of Pisa, they undertook a bloody war against the guelfi established in Peccioli.

In 1496 it fell under the Florentine control. In 1833 Morrona counted 460 citizens.

Monuments and Place of Interest

Abbey and church of Santa Maria, it’s an important religious complex of the territory,it was founded in 1089 by the counts Ugo della Gherardesca. it was suppressed in 1482, it was residence of the bishops of Volterra. The actual church was built in 1152, when it was decided to transfer the ancient monastery.

Church of San Bartolomeo, the parish church of the hamlet is date back to the medieval period, but the facade show the signs of nineteenth-century remakes. It has the unusual irregular largeness of two lateral naves, testimony of the extension of primordial nave. In the presbytery, it conserve the “Martirio di San Bartolomeo”, of Tuscan school of the first middle of 1700.