Church of San Bonaventura La Cappuccina

“After its abandonment in the 1800s, for many years the building was modified and used for rural purposes, both the church and the convent. One wing of the building was demolished to allow easier access for agricultural vehicles.”

“In 2010-13, the Pavonian fathers decided to restore the Cappuccina to relaunch its apostolic purpose. It is a place of prayer, something of a hermitage to discover God and oneself,” Bigi continues. “With the restoration work, in addition to the necessary repairs to walls, roofs, floors, etc., the Church was recovered, preserving the original trusses, the ancient cellars below, and the cloister, which was enclosed again with the missing fourth wing.” The small church of San Bonaventura features a single nave with a gabled facade adorned with a rose window. At the back, a small bell gable rises. On the sides of the convent, as in the classic landscape of the Villas, the Giovannelli family also wanted a vegetable garden, which took on a monumental appearance, in harmony with the park and the garden.”

Continuing up the hill, in place of the hermitage of Santa Colomba, it is possible to see the Nordic-style buildings of the Giovannelli farm, which are still used to serve the surrounding vineyards.

We are in front of the Rocca Pisana, “which serves, as it did then, as a guardian of the territory as far as the horizon” (Remo Schiavo).