The Badia Fiesolana is an old monastery located in the town of San Domenico, in-between Fiesole

Fiesole

Fiesole is a town and comune of the province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence, 8 km NE of that city...

 and Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

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History

The monastery was built between 1025-1028 on the location of a former chapel dedicated to Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

 and Saint Romulus

Saint Romulus

Saint Romulus may refer to:*Romulus of Genoa , early Bishop of Genoa*Romulus of Fiesole , patron saint of Fiesole, Italy*See Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions fpr the martyr Romulus...

. Originally, it bore the name of Saint Bartolomeus. The present name and appearance date from between 1456 and 1467.

The convent

At the right of the monastery lays the former convent, which is now the seat of the European University Institute

European University Institute

The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...

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