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Certaldo / Italy

Certaldo is a town and comune of Tuscany, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Florence, in the middle of Valdelsa. It is about 35 kilometres southwest of the Florence Duomo.It is 50 minutes by rail and 35 minutes by car southwest of Florence, and it is 40 minutes by rail north of Siena. It was home to the family of Giovanni Boccaccio, author of the Decameron. He died at his home inside the town and was buried here in 1375. The actor Ernesto Calindri was also born in Certaldo.

Museum of Religious Art (Certaldo)

Certaldo / Italy

The Museum of Religious Art' is an art gallery and museum in Certaldo, opened in 2001 and one of the town's three museums. It is based on the site of a former Augustinian monastery in the medieval upper town its entrance is the next-door cloister of the church of Santi Jacopo e Filippo.