| Building Name: | Pieve di San Martino a Gangalandi |
| Location: | Lastra a Signa, province of Florence, Italy |
| Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
| Architecture Type: | Church |
| Architecture Style: | Romanesque with Renaissance refurbishment |
San Martino a Gangalandi is a Roman Catholic parish (pieve) church in the Gangalandi neighborhood of Lastra a Signa in the region of Tuscany, Italy. It is located via Leon Battista Alberti. Adjacent to the church is a small Museo Vicariale (Vicarial Museum) displaying some works of art.
The church in this district was first documented by 1108. A church was first erected in a Romanesque-style in the 12th-century as an oratory for a Marian confraternity apparently established following the visit to Florence of Saint Peter Martyr. The dedication to St Martin of Tours suggests an earlier Carolingian and Frankish foundation. The church underwent a refurbishment in the 15th century by the Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti.[1] Midway along the left flank is a slim tall bell tower.[2]
The interior is notable for frescoes (1433) in the chapel of the Baptistry by Bicci di Lorenzo. The 15th-century baptismal font has sculpted marble reliefs. Other paintings in the interior include:[3]
The adjacent museum, established in 1986 with the financing by the Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, displays a Madonna of the Humility (circa 1405) painted by Lorenzo Monaco. There is also a triptych attributed to Lorenzo di Bicci and to his son Bicci di Lorenzo: the panels depict Virgin giving her girdle to Saint Thomas in the center, flanked by Saints Nicholas of Bari, Andrew, John the Baptist, and Anthony the Abbot. The museum displays a Madonna and Child by Jacopo del Sellaio. Three panels depicting the Decollation of John the Baptist between Saints Francis of Paola and Carlo Borromeo attributed to Filippo Paladini.[4]