Chiesa di San Barnaba

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    Via Panicale, San Lorenzo
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It is no coincidence that this early-14th-century church lies on the corner of Via Guelfa, as it was built to celebrate a victory by the Florentine Guelphs over a Ghibelline (pro-Holy Roman Empire) army from Arezzo on 11 June 1289, the feast day of St Barnabus, to whose intercession Florence attributed victory. The entrance is topped by a ceramic Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) by Giovanni della Robbia (added in the 16th century).

Bright frescoes adorn part of the left wall as you enter. Used by the local Filipino community, the church is open intermittently.