Monte Senario

Monte Senario
stairs to a small courtyard, at the back a building with a bell-tower and clock
Location within Tuscany
Monastery information
Other names
  • Santuario di Montesenario
  • Convento di Montesenario
Order Servite
Established circa 1245
Architecture
Status Minor basilica
Site
Location Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy
Coordinates 43°53′43″N 11°20′01″E / 43.8953°N 11.3335°E / 43.8953; 11.3335Coordinates: 43°53′43″N 11°20′01″E / 43.8953°N 11.3335°E / 43.8953; 11.3335
Public access exterior
Website montesenariosacroeremo.eu

Monte Senario is a Servite monastery in the comune of Vaglia, near Florence in Tuscany, in central Italy.[1] It stands on the mountain of the same name, on the watershed between the Valdarno to the south and the Mugello to the north. It was established in 1245 by the seven founding members of the Servite order[2]:153 and was the first Servite monastery.

The stairs to the monastery

References

  1. ↑ Santuario di Montesenario (in Italian). Database: I Luoghi della Fede. Florence: Regione Toscana. Archived 1 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Rick Scorza (2011). The Iconography of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio’s Altarino. Metropolitan Museum Journal 46 (1): 153–160. doi:10.1086/668457 (subscription required)
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