Santa Maria Novella photo copyrighted by: Brian McMorrow Santa Maria Novella is one of the first Florentine Basilicas. Its name comes from the substitution of a preceding IX century oratory dedicated to Santa Maria delle Vigne. From 1221, when the entire area was acquired by the Domenican order,
they started building the new church under the management of Iacopo Talenti
and it was then to become the new, sumptuous seat of the powerful, monastic
order.
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