San Martino in Campo

• … 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

It was an interesting building built in the first decades of the twelfth century, with an older central core built several centuries earlier.
Elegant and understated, the imposing structure of the apse is situated at the limits of a thick forest. It was already mentioned in 1140 as a Vallombrosan monastery. The primitive representations on the pillars of the cloister and the residual traces of numerous frescoes that decorated the interior of the church are striking. On the beautiful sandstone portal of the fourteenth century, which leads to the abbey, stands the coat of arms of Matteo Frescobaldi, then abbot of the monastery. In the sacristy, there is a Florentine school fresco  depicting a lady on throne. To visit the church contact the rectory (tel. 0571.910118) on Sunday from 8.45 am to 13 and from 15 to 19.

Directions. Starting from Artimino take the road to Carmignano
(Via Arrendevole). Halfway up on the left, after a group of houses, there is the church.
To read more. Visit the website of the parish www.abbaziasanmartino.com.  Many photos and interesting news.

(from “Chiese romaniche nel Montalbano” brochure of Apt of Prato edited by Katia Corrado)