Religious site
Chiesa di Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri
Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, a Mannerist treasure perched on Piazza dei Cavalieri, is the church built to serve the Order of Knights of St Stephen, founded by Cosimo I de’ Medici to combat piracy in the Mediterranean. Construction began on 17 April 1565 and the church was consecrated on 21 December 1569, with its white marble façade ultimately completed to Don Giovanni de’ Medici’s design, aided by Alessandro Pieroni. The bell tower, a Vasari design, was finished in 1572 by Giovanni Fancelli, and the interior today preserves an orderly column layout established in 1859 after the suppression of the order. …
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