San Jacopo in Capezzana

• … and they used to rinse clothes in the Ombrone
• After September 8th 1943
• Between the twenties and thirties
• Corrado Capecchi, military internee
  • A medal (at last) for Corrado
  • The joke of the military internees
• Five places of Romanesque Carmignano
• Friar Bocci, at the beginning of the twentieth century
• From archaeologists to farmers
• Gino Balena
• Gino di Fico
• Historical shops in Carmignano
• In the name of Jesus and Saint Peter, may the sty go away
• Liberation day
• Matteucci, the ‘forgotten’ bishop
• Soldier in Greece
• Stories from a school notebook
• Stories of donkeys and jockeys
• Stories of mayors and town councils in Carmignano
• Stories of our home
• Stories of war and displaced persons
• The Battistina and other scary stories
• The colours of the rioni
• The Golden Roster
• The last sharecropper in Carmignano
• The siege in memory of the Princess
• The tree of liberty in Carmignano
• Ugo Contini Bonacossi
• Vittorio’s bicycles
• When the river Arno was fordable ..
• When they were digging pietra serena between Arno and Ombrone
• The colours of Carmignano, a small guide for tourists
  • Ancient churches and abbeys. Montalbano, a crossroads for pilgrims.
    • San Giusto al Pinone
    • San Jacopo in Capezzana
    • San Leonardo in Artimino
    • San Lorenzo in Montalbiolo
    • San Martino in Campo
    • San Michele amarcord
      • San Michele, the theater takes to the streets
• Itineraries for just a few days or more
  • Walking through history and nature
  • A Sunday devoted to the discovery of Artimino
  • A few words about the hamlets of Carmignano
  • The Fontina and Castagnati Lake
• Guides to download

Built in the first half of the thirteenth century, it was a parish church until 1571. It then became part of the Capezzana estate and reopened for worship in 1920. The simple oratory layout is enhanced by the light coloured vestment made ​​of limestone. The portal and the lower part of the facade were built in the thirteenth century, while the cornice and the radial window, as well as the bell tower, were built in this century. The interior consists of a single room enlivened only by the curve of the apse and the century old wooden trusses. For visits contact the Capezzana (tel. 055.8706005)

Directions. The oratory is located a short distance from the Capezzana farm (from Seano, take via Baccheretana and then turn right into Capezzana). Continue on the Strabello which leads to Spazzavento: the building is on the left.
(Partly from “Chiese romaniche nel Montalbano” brochure from Prato Apt edited by Katia Corrado)