One of the masterpiece is the inlaid marble Aedicule (15th century) commissioned from Piero de' Medici and designed by Michelozzo (1447), to notice the wonderful majolica vault work of Luca della Robbia, on the altar is an altar-piece of the end of 14th century of Agnolo Gaddi that represents San Giovanni Gualberto, San Miniato and some evangelic episodes.
Beautiful are the marble enclosure of the upper choir (13th century) with geometric and zoomorph themes (13th century), on the right of the enclosure is an ambo of 13th century.
The Apse is semicircular and introduces an architectonic decoration to white and green marbles, on the Apse dominates the late Byzantine style mosaic (1297) of the Christ Pantocrator with the Madonna, San Miniato and the symbols of the Evangelists.
The Crypt, than is found under the upper choir, is divided in seven small aisles from columns, some of them coming from ancient roman buildings, in the vaults are frescoes of Taddeo Gaddi (1341), the railing in wrought iron date back to the 1338. In the Romanesque altar of the Crypt are the body remains of San Miniato.
The visit inside the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte continues: the Sacristy. |
