Church of Santa Cristina, Germagnana

Along the Via Volterrana toward Castagno, just after Gambassi, on a hillock crowned by a circle of large cypress trees, sits a small chapel in neo-Gothic style. It’s a small, brick, rectangular building (12×6 metres), with a gate in sandstone surmounted by a blind arch.

It dates back to 1935, the same period as the foundation of the Church of Cristo Re in Gambassi: its construction was funded by the counts Alessandro and Anna Nardi-Dei, along with Count Scipione da Filicaia, but also by the provostry, the municipality and many local families.

Stories told of the presence of ghosts on this very spot, but this little hillock in Germagnana was chosen because it is where the ancient church of Santa Cristina, which was first mentioned in 1356, once stood.