Badia Fiorentina

The Badia Fiorentina is located near the Dante museum on via Dante Alghieri. It is a Benedictine abbey and church of the Fraternity of Jerusalem and is most famous for being the parish of Beatrice Portinari, the love of Dante's life, as well as being the church where Boccaccio delivered his famous lectures on Dante's The Divine Comedy in 1373.

The church was built founded in 978 by Willa, the widow of Umberto, Margrave of Tuscany, and was further expanded by her son, Count Ugo of Brandenburg, both of whom have tombs inside. In addition, one of the first city hospitals was established in the abbey and the tolling of the church's bell marked the beginning and ending of the working days in Florence. The inside of the structure contains beautiful Gothic art, particularly the the Apparition of the Virgin to St. Bernard by Filippino Lippi.

The church is open all day for prayer, but visits for tourism and to the cloister are restricted to Mondays from 3 to 6 pm. Admission is free.