San Lorenzo a Signa parish church

The church, originally a parish church, is mentioned for the first time in a document dated 866 and in 964 was given by the bishop Rambaldo to the Florentine Chapter together with the San Giovanni Battista church.

Probably in the area there was a burial ground dating back to the 4th-6th century, because of the presence of the so-called “cappuccina” tombs and amphora tombs, rediscovered during recent restorations.

The church features a single nave, with a trussed roof and a square-based bell tower, decorated with elegant mullioned windows. The interior is richly adorned with 14th-century frescoes of the Florentine school, attributed to the Maestro di Barberino and Corso di Buono.

Noteworthy is the Romanesque pulpit with inlaid marble slabs and the detached tabernacle by the Maestro di Signa, portraying the Madonna with Child between San Miniato and San Giovanni, with the related preliminary sketch placed on the side.