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Pomarance Pomarance is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italy, Italian region Tuscany, located about southwest of Florence and about 60 km southeast of Pisa. Pomarance borders the following municipalities: Casole d'Elsa, Cast ...

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History

San Dalmazio was built around a castle of the 19th century, but the name of the community is known from historical documents dating to around 1040, as a village dependent on the monastery of San Pietro in Palazzuolo. In 1147 a monastery of

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was founded on its territory; this was destroyed by fire in 1438.

Pope Eugene IV Pope Eugene IV (; ; 1383 – 23 February 1447), born Gabriele Condulmer, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 11 March 1431 to his death, in February 1447. Condulmer was a Republic of Venice, Venetian, and a nephew ...

granted indulgences to help the reconstruction of the monastery, but in 1511, the sisters moved to

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. The village lost self-government in 1776 when it was absorbed by

Monuments

* A church of the sixteenth century, attributed to

Bartolomeo Ammannati Bartolomeo Ammannati (18 June 1511 – 13 April 1592) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence, Italy. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino (assisting on the design of the Library of St. Mark ...

. * Two oratories, one of the Institute of Charity and the other of Saint Donnino. In this second there's a nail (called of San Donnino) considered miraculous for illnesses. * Casa Serafini, on whose walls is a commemorating tablet noting that

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stayed there from 28 August to 1 September 1849.

Interesting facts

Bram Vermeulen, a famous Dutch singer, died in San Dalmazio because of a heart failure on 4 September 2004.

References

Bibliography

* Gino Moliterno, ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture'', 2003, * Marco Armiero, Marcus Hall, ''Nature and History in Modern Italy'' (Ecology & History) (1st izd.), Ohio University Press, 2010, * Francesco Guicciardini, ''The History of Italy'',

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, 1984, * Roy P. Domenico, ''The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture'', Greenwood, 2001, * Catherine B. Avery, ''The New Century Italian Renaissance Encyclopedia (

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izd.)'', 1972, * Frank J. Coppa, ''Dictionary of Modern Italian History'', Greenwood, 1985,

External links

Official website of Pomarance
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