San Pier Maggiore, Florence


San Pier Maggiore was a church in Florence, Tuscany, central Italy largely destroyed in the 18th century.

History of the building

A benedictine convent was established on the site in 1067, with a gothic church being built in the 14th Century and completed in 1352. It was rebuilt in 1638 before being demolished in 1784 when it had been deemed unsafe. Three arches of the portico remain with two being occupied by houses.

Art in the church

The multi panelled altarpiece by Jacopo di Cione and Niccolò di Pietro Gerini or Niccolò di Tommaso was completed in 1371.
Other artworks in the church included Botticini's Assumption of the Virgin and Francesco Granacci's The Madonna of the Girdle and The Visitation by Maso da San Friano.