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The 2nd-century Greek sailors who lived in this neighborhood brought Christianity to Florence with them, and this little church was probably the second to be established in the city, the first edition of it rising in the late 4th century. The current version was built in the 1730s. The star works are in the first chapel on your right, paintings by Mannerist master Pontormo (1525-27). The Deposition and frescoed Annunciation are rife with his garish color palette of oranges, pinks, golds, lime greens, and sky blues. The four round paintings of the Evangelists surrounding the dome are also by Pontormo, except for the St. Mark (with the angel), which was probably painted by his pupil Bronzino.
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- Piazza Santa Felícita (2nd left off Via Guicciardini across the Ponte Vecchio)
- Florence
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