{"id":14398,"date":"2024-01-30T09:21:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T08:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegambassiexperience.com\/project\/canonica-di-san-giovanni-varna\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:14:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T15:14:52","slug":"canonica-di-san-giovanni-varna","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.thegambassiexperience.com\/en\/project\/canonica-di-san-giovanni-varna\/","title":{"rendered":"Canonica di San Giovanni a Varna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90aXRsZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7ImJlZm9yZSI6IiIsImFmdGVyIjoiIiwiZW5hYmxlX2h0bWwiOiJvZmYifX0=@&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;title&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.thegambassiexperience.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_0292_S.Giovanni_Batt._a_Varna-2-scaled.jpeg&#8221; height=&#8221;500px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;150px||150px||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; border_width_bottom=&#8221;3px&#8221; border_color_bottom=&#8221;#90c14a&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;2_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><em>A church of late Romanesque design with a single nave.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>A few kilometres from Gambassi, in the locality of Varna, is the Rectory of San Giovanni.<\/p>\n<p>Documents testify to its existence as early as 1230 when it was among the places damaged by the Volterra people during a military campaign against San Gimignano, which, at the time, had already extended its control over the Gambassi territory.<\/p>\n<p>In 1577 the oratory of the Company of the Blessed Sacrament was built next to it, where the high altar was later moved. In 1705 the facade underwent some changes and the perimeter walls were raised. In 1785 the rectory of San Giovanni became a baptismal parish church. Its interior houses a copy of Andrea del Sarto&#8217;s <em>The Madonna and Child<\/em> with Saints.   <\/p>\n<div id=\"portfolio_filter_wrapper\" class=\"three_cols gallery tour_single fullwidth section content clearfix visible isotope\">\n<div class=\"element portfolio3filter_wrapper isotope-item\">\n<div class=\"one_third gallery3 filterable gallery_type animated1 fadeIn\"> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;Tourist informations: &#8221; use_icon=&#8221;on&#8221; font_icon=&#8221;&#xe010;||divi||400&#8243; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:turismo@comune.gambassi-terme.fi.it\">turismo@comune.gambassi-terme.fi.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A church of late Romanesque design with a single nave. 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