convent of San Domenico

The Convent of San Domenico is a Dominican convent in , Italy, situated between the hill of Fiesole and the suburbs of . It was founded in 1406 and completed in 1435 on the initiative of Giovanni Dominici and the bishop of Fiesole, Jacopo Altoviti, both of them friars at the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: monastery in Fiesole, Italy
  • Also known as: “Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole” and “San Domenico”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include San Domenico cemetery and Villa Sparta.

Cemetery
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Manor estate
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is a manor estate, which is situated 250 metres east of convent of San Domenico.

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The is a patrician villa in , , Italy, the fourth oldest of the villas built for the Medici family. It was built between 1451 and 1457. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed as Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany. is situated 540 metres northeast of convent of San Domenico.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Monterinaldi and Maiano.

Locality
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is a locality.

Hamlet
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is small hilltop locality, now part of , in . The Chiesa di San Martino was founded there in the eleventh century and subsequently restored in the fifteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.

Village
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is a village.

convent of San Domenico

Latitude
43.80142° or 43° 48′ 5″ north
Longitude
11.28599° or 11° 17′ 10″ east
Open location code
8FMHR72P+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 199067341
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q474122
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“convent of San Domenico” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Манастыр Сан-Даменіка”
  • Czech: “San Domenico di Fiesole”
  • French: “couvent Saint-Dominique”
  • French: “couvent San Domenico”
  • French: “Couvent San Domenico”
  • German: “San Domenico di Fiesole”
  • German: “San Domenico”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι Αγίου Δομινίκου”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρι Σαν Ντομένικο”
  • Italian: “Basilica di San Domenico”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Domenico”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Domenico”
  • Italian: “convento di San Domenico”
  • Italian: “Convento di San Domenico”
  • Italian: “San Domenico”
  • Japanese: “サン・ドメニコ修道院”
  • Portuguese: “Convento de San Domenico”
  • Spanish: “Convento de Santo Domingo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Chiesa e Convento di San Domenico di Fiesole and Biblioteca del Convento di San Domenico.

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