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the northern edge of the park,
4th-century BC Etruscan walls
8
. From the theatre turn into
Via Dupre to Museo Bandini
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to the right, with a collec-
tion of medieval religious
paintings built up by local
aristocrat Angelo Bandini in
the 19th century.
Back in Piazza Mino da
Fiesole, turn right down Via
di San Francesco to the left
of the Palazzo Vescovile
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.
There are views over Florence
and back to Fiesole
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on the
road up to Sant'Alessandro
church
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, which has a Neo-
Classical façade combined
with a 9th-century
Fiesole from Via di San Francesco
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Romanesque
interior. Original Roman
columns used in the nave
are made out of
cipollino
(onion ring) marble. From
here carry on up to San
Francesco
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, a Franciscan
friary founded in 1399 and
restored in 1907. It has a pretty
cloister and a museum of arti-
facts collected by the monks.
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Façade of Badia Fiesolana
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church of San Domenico
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,
with two good works by Fra
Angelico, Dominican prior of
the monastery here until 1437.
The
Madonna with Angels
and
The Crucifixion
are in the
chapter house and were both
painted around 1430.
Opposite, Via della Badia
dei Roccettini leads to the
Badia Fiesolana
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, a pretty
church with a Romanesque
façade of inlaid marble. The
interior is decorated with local
grey sandstone,
pietra serena
.
The No. 7 bus back to Florence
can be caught from the village
square in San Domenico.
From Fiesole to San
Domenico
Retrace your steps or walk
through the park back to the
town centre. Continue down
Via Vecchia Fiesolana. On the
left is the Villa Medici
r
,
built in 1461 by Michelozzo for
Cosimo de' Medici. Walk
down Via Bandini and Via
Vecchia Fiesolana to San
Domenico. In this little
hamlet is the 15th-century
The 15th-century church of San
Francesco
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