San Giovanni in Fiore, Abbey

Title (variant)
Abbazia Florense
Description
The abbey was constructed on a square floor plan with a large cloister at the center. The church was built on a cross-shaped plan with a square apse in the East. A large rose window in the apse is surrounded by three smaller round windows on the upper level. Below them are three large windows. The bell tower is adjacent to the apse. The central nave has four simple windows on the upper level.
Type
Abbey
Style/Culture
  1. Norman
Period:
  1. 13th Century
City
San Giovanni in Fiore
Address
Via Peluso Domenico, 10
87055 San Giovanni in Fiore
Country
Italy
Condition - Displaced Elements
The narthex is no longer extant, though traces remain.
Condition - Restoration/Refurb.
During the restoration in 19890s Baroque elements have been removed and the simplicity of the original Cistercian church brought back. The only original element remaining on the frontal façade is the portal.
Foundation Date
1198
Building Phases
Original abbey constructed in 1189-98 burned down in 1214 and the new site was found in 1215. Completed in 1130.
Materials
Stone
Technique
Ashlar masonry
Bibliography
Citation
Parisi, Federico. Il Disegno dell’architettura cirstercense in Calabria. (Florence). 2006.
section
works
elevations
F. Parise (2006), p. 151
elevations
Eastern elevation (apse); from Parisi (2006), 159.
sections
Longitudinal section with the crypt, from Parisi (2006), 159.
elevations
Frontal elevation, from Parisi (2006), p. 157.
plans
Parisi (2006), p. 156
plans
F. Parisi (2006), p, 161
sections
Transversal section from Parisi (2006), p. 160