Croce di poggio alle Tortore

Croce di poggio alle Tortore is a cross in Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany. Croce di poggio alle Tortore is situated nearby to the archaeological site Cùcina, as well as near the fountain Fonte di Citerna (rudere).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Maria Assunta and Castel di Poggio.

Santa Maria Assunta

Church

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Santa Maria Assunta is a church, which is situated 1 km southwest of Croce di poggio alle Tortore.

Castel di Poggio

Castle

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Castel di Poggio is a castle, which is situated 2 km west of Croce di poggio alle Tortore.

Villa Gamberaia

Garden

Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Villa Gamberaia, built in the Tuscan style by the Florentine gentleman-merchant Zanobi Lapi in the early 1600s, is located on the hillside of Settignano, overlooking the city of Florence, Italy and the surrounding Arno Valley. Villa Gamberaia is situated 3½ km southwest of Croce di poggio alle Tortore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montebeni and Settignano.

Montebeni

Hamlet

Photo: GrandEscogriffe, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Montebeni is a hamlet.

Settignano

Village

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Settignano is a frazione on a hillside northeast of Florence, Italy. The little borgo of Settignano carries a familiar name for having produced three sculptors of the Florentine Renaissance, Desiderio da Settignano and the Gamberini brothers, better known as Bernardo Rossellino and Antonio Rossellino. Settignano is situated 3½ km southwest of Croce di poggio alle Tortore.

Maiano

Hamlet

Photo: Sailko, CC BY 2.5.

Maiano is small hilltop locality, now part of Fiesole, in Tuscany. The Chiesa di San Martino was founded there in the eleventh century and subsequently restored in the fifteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Maiano is situated 3½ km west of Croce di poggio alle Tortore.

Croce di poggio alle Tortore

Type: Cross
Location: Fiesole, Florence, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude

43.80664° or 43° 48′ 24″ north

Longitude

11.34656° or 11° 20′ 48″ east

Open location code

8FMHR84W+MJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3822923888

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=cross

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