{"id":2442,"date":"2021-12-27T18:40:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2021-12-27T18:40:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T17:40:37","slug":"pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Papa Urbano VIII Pietro da Cortona, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini<\/h1>\n

Born in Florence in 1568 to a rich cloth merchant, the future Pope Urban VIII<\/strong>, born Maffeo Barberini, is the most illustrious member of the family<\/strong> that takes its name from the town of Barberino val d’Elsa.<\/p>\n

The Barberini family had become very powerful and influential in Florence thanks to its trade and for some generations, it had also expanded its influence in Rome<\/strong>, so much so that the future Pope Urban could study in both cities.
\nHe took the ecclesiastical path from an early age and, once ordained a priest, his career in the Church was very rapid<\/strong>: in two years he became first a bishop and then cardinal.<\/p>\n

The change in the heraldic coat of arms of the Barberini family<\/strong> is also due to him and to the role he held: three golden bees replaced, against the blue background, the less noble gadflies, linked to the birthplace of the family, just outside the town of Barberino.
\nThis change was not painless, once he became pope so that this family secret did not affect the image of the Pope, stonemasons were sent to Florence and the province to eliminate all the old stone coats of arms. One, however, seems to have been saved and the unexpected story is told within the narrated Barberino Nascosta path, dedicated to the mysteries of the Valdelsano village.<\/p>\n

Urban VIII is also famous because during his papacy the trial of Galileo Galilei and his heliocentric theories<\/strong> took place. It should be noted that Galileo from Pisa found himself facing a pope also of Tuscan origins and, even more so, Galileo himself had stayed and taught at the Monastery of Passignano, not far from Barberino.<\/p>\n

As the local historian Bruno Rinaldi points out: \u201cThe extraordinary thing is that the ancestors of Galileo, the urban pope and Boccaccio were all born in the land of Semifonte\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The papacy of Urban VIII is also emblematic for the shrewdness with which he had part of some ancient Roman buildings<\/strong> (eg the Colosseum) destroyed to have the bricks necessary for the buildings he intended to build, to the point that the Romans coined the saying: “What the barbarians did not do, the Barberini did “.<\/p>\n

Pope Barberini also appears in some fictional works: for example, he is the reigning pope during the events recounted in Manzoni’s “I promessi sposi” (The Betrothed)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini Born in Florence in 1568 to a rich cloth merchant, the future Pope Urban VIII, born Maffeo Barberini, is the most illustrious member of the family that takes its name from the town of Barberino val d’Elsa. The Barberini family had become very powerful and influential in Florence thanks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"\nPope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini - Semifonte<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Scopri di pi\u00f9 su Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini. Semifonte : storia, eventi ed escursioni di cose da vedere nella Toscana meno conosciuta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini - Semifonte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scopri di pi\u00f9 su Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini. Semifonte : storia, eventi ed escursioni di cose da vedere nella Toscana meno conosciuta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Semifonte\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Semifonte\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-27T17:40:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1613\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chiara Tozzetti\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Chiara\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chiara Tozzetti\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Chiara Tozzetti\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/382eddc11fbbd2a9c1af4aedd2edcb94\"},\"headline\":\"Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-27T17:40:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":420,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/summofonte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini - Semifonte\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/summofonte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-27T17:40:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Scopri di pi\u00f9 su Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini. Semifonte : storia, eventi ed escursioni di cose da vedere nella Toscana meno conosciuta\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/summofonte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/summofonte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1\",\"width\":1613,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"Papa Urbano VIII Pietro da Cortona, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Semifonte\",\"description\":\"Un affascinante luogo nel centro della Toscana\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Summofonte - ProLoco Barberino VE Gruppo Archeologico Achu APS\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/summofonte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/logo-h.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/summofonte.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/logo-h.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Summofonte - ProLoco Barberino VE Gruppo Archeologico Achu APS\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Semifonte\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/semifonte_in_tuscany\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/76775035\\\/admin\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCMWISNp3COSkxy_FabynuBg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/it.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Semifonte\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/summofonte.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/382eddc11fbbd2a9c1af4aedd2edcb94\",\"name\":\"Chiara Tozzetti\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38169d23851645d539ab75078a560a6b258beb9eee783504b657955181a04482?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38169d23851645d539ab75078a560a6b258beb9eee783504b657955181a04482?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/38169d23851645d539ab75078a560a6b258beb9eee783504b657955181a04482?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Chiara Tozzetti\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.summofonte.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Chiara\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini - Semifonte","description":"Scopri di pi\u00f9 su Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini. Semifonte : storia, eventi ed escursioni di cose da vedere nella Toscana meno conosciuta","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini - Semifonte","og_description":"Scopri di pi\u00f9 su Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini. Semifonte : storia, eventi ed escursioni di cose da vedere nella Toscana meno conosciuta","og_url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/","og_site_name":"Semifonte","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Semifonte\/","article_published_time":"2021-12-27T17:40:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1613,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Chiara Tozzetti","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Chiara","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Chiara Tozzetti","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/"},"author":{"name":"Chiara Tozzetti","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#\/schema\/person\/382eddc11fbbd2a9c1af4aedd2edcb94"},"headline":"Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini","datePublished":"2021-12-27T17:40:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/"},"wordCount":420,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/","url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/","name":"Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini - Semifonte","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1","datePublished":"2021-12-27T17:40:37+00:00","description":"Scopri di pi\u00f9 su Pope Urban VIII - Maffeo Barberini. Semifonte : storia, eventi ed escursioni di cose da vedere nella Toscana meno conosciuta","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1","width":1613,"height":2560,"caption":"Papa Urbano VIII Pietro da Cortona, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/pope-urban-viii-maffeo-barberini\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pope Urban VIII – Maffeo Barberini"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/","name":"Semifonte","description":"Un affascinante luogo nel centro della Toscana","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#organization","name":"Summofonte - ProLoco Barberino VE Gruppo Archeologico Achu APS","url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo-h.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo-h.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Summofonte - ProLoco Barberino VE Gruppo Archeologico Achu APS"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Semifonte\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/semifonte_in_tuscany\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/76775035\/admin\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMWISNp3COSkxy_FabynuBg","https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semifonte"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/#\/schema\/person\/382eddc11fbbd2a9c1af4aedd2edcb94","name":"Chiara Tozzetti","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38169d23851645d539ab75078a560a6b258beb9eee783504b657955181a04482?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38169d23851645d539ab75078a560a6b258beb9eee783504b657955181a04482?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/38169d23851645d539ab75078a560a6b258beb9eee783504b657955181a04482?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Chiara Tozzetti"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.summofonte.org","https:\/\/x.com\/Chiara"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=1613%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2363,"url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/francesco-da-barberino\/","url_meta":{"origin":2442,"position":0},"title":"Francesco da Barberino","author":"Chiara Tozzetti","date":"27 December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Francesco da Barberino Francesco, son of Neri di Ranuccio, was born in Barberino val d'Elsa in 1264 under the pontificate of Pope Urban IV. Originally from Semifonte, the family took refuge in Barberino after the Florentines conquered and destroyed the hated castle in 1202. In \"life of Messer Francesco Barberino\",\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/francesco-da-barberino.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2448,"url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/andrea-da-barberino\/","url_meta":{"origin":2442,"position":1},"title":"Andrea da Barberino","author":"Chiara Tozzetti","date":"27 December 2021","format":"image","excerpt":"Andrea da Barberino Born in Barberino val d'Elsa in 1370, born Andrea de Mengabotti, also spent part of his youth in Florence, probably in via della Pergola. He was a well-known storyteller who often performed on the streets of the city of the lily, especially in Piazza San Martino, very\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/guerin-meschino-andrea-da-barberino-e1648746588539.jpg?fit=500%2C756&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2295,"url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/papa-urbano-viii-maffeo-barberini\/","url_meta":{"origin":2442,"position":2},"title":"Papa Urbano VIII \u2013 Maffeo Barberini","author":"Chiara Tozzetti","date":"17 October 2021","format":"image","excerpt":"Nato a Firenze nel 1568 da un ricco mercante di stoffe, il futuro papa Urbano VIII, al secolo Maffeo Barberini, \u00e8 il pi\u00f9 illustre esponente della famiglia che prende il nome dal paese di Barberino val d\u2019Elsa. La famiglia Barberini era diventata molto potente e influente a Firenze grazie ai\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Persone"","block_context":{"text":"Persone","link":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/category\/persone\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=756%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=756%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=756%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pietro_da_Cortona_-_Portrait_of_Urban_VIII_ca._1624-1627_-_Google_Art_Project-scaled.jpg?fit=756%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2436,"url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/the-ghost-of-chito\/","url_meta":{"origin":2442,"position":3},"title":"The ghost of Chito","author":"Chiara Tozzetti","date":"27 December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The ghost of Chito A story of fear It is the story of a man, whose name was probably G. Chiti, who inspired one of the most curious local popular legends for the border between the territories of Florence and Siena. It is a story particularly suitable to be told\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "People"","block_context":{"text":"People","link":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/category\/people\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Il-Fantasma-del-Chito-Tignano.jpg?fit=600%2C398&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Il-Fantasma-del-Chito-Tignano.jpg?fit=600%2C398&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Il-Fantasma-del-Chito-Tignano.jpg?fit=600%2C398&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4039,"url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/walter-sarfattis-exhibition-armonie-e-contrasti-opens-at-the-cupola-di-semifonte\/","url_meta":{"origin":2442,"position":4},"title":"Walter Sarfatti\u2019s exhibition \u2018Armonie e Contrasti\u2019 at the Cupola di Semifonte","author":"Chiara Tozzetti","date":"22 April 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"On 16 April 2022 Walter Sarfatti\u2019s exhibition \u2018Armonie e Contrasti\u2019 opened at the Cupola di Semifonte. The exibition of etchings and paintings by the British-Italian artist, whose work is strongly inspired by Japanese culture, inaugurates the 2022 art season at San Michele Arcangelo. Walter Sarfatti is presenting his work at\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"Locandina mostra alla Cupola di Semifonte Walter Sarfatti","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/copertina-mostra-Walter-Sarfatti-eventi-FB-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/copertina-mostra-Walter-Sarfatti-eventi-FB-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/copertina-mostra-Walter-Sarfatti-eventi-FB-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/copertina-mostra-Walter-Sarfatti-eventi-FB-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/copertina-mostra-Walter-Sarfatti-eventi-FB-1.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2433,"url":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/the-raw-earth-an-historic-feature-of-the-valdelsa-construction-industry\/","url_meta":{"origin":2442,"position":5},"title":"The raw earth, an historic feature of the Valdelsa construction industry","author":"Chiara Tozzetti","date":"27 December 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"The raw earth, this unknown Fall 2002 I went to Lucardo because I had been notified of some buildings with earthen walls. Armed with a camera, I was wandering among the houses when a lady, who was looking at me a little curiously and a little frightened by my suspicious\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/terra-cruda.jpg?fit=768%2C790&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/terra-cruda.jpg?fit=768%2C790&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/terra-cruda.jpg?fit=768%2C790&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/summofonte.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/terra-cruda.jpg?fit=768%2C790&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/summofonte.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}