San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano abbey

Founded in 1049 by San Giovanni Gualberto, it is a picturesque monastic complex fortified located among the Chianti hills, at Passignano.

The architectural complex still appears to be enclosed within the fifteenth-century quadrangular wall curtain with corner towers, but the neo-Gothic additions made at the end of the nineteenth century are evident when, suppressed the monastic community, it was transformed into a villa.
The church has a single nave in the shape of a Latin cross and it has been almost entirely rebuilt in the second half of the XIX century; inside interesting paintings by Domenico Crespi, known as Passignano,  and Alessandro Allori.

The monastery hosts a wonderful Last Supper by Domenico Ghirlandaio painted between 1440 and 1485 and recently restored.

Guided tours in English, by appointment: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10.30am, 11.45am, 3.30pm, Sunday 3.15pm, 4.15pm.