/ PLACES OF WORSHIP
/ Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Three blind arches support two floors of walkable gothic-style loggias and in the centre stands the large rose window, rebuilt in 1927. The lunette shows a mosaic representing the Madonna with Child, a…
/ Church of San Sisto
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The church is completely made of stone, decorated with blind arches and ceramic basins (the originals are exhibited at the National Museum of San Matteo). The mullioned window on the façade is a…
/ Church of Sant'Andrea in Forisportam
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 e 3903 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The small church of Sant'Andrea Forisportam (outside the disappeared Samuel gate, from the Lombard period, near the current Church of San Michele in Borgo) was built in the 11th century, but is…
/ Church and convent of Santa Croce in Fossabanda
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Santa Croce complex, founded in 1324, on a pre-existing 13th century building near a reclamation canal from the tenth century located in the lands of a certain Bando (mentioned in the eleventh…
/ Church of San Jacopino in Orticaia
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The first mentions of the building date back to 1110, when it was described as a regular presbitery under the Augustinians. The church was aggregated over the centuries to the nearby churches of San…
/ Benedictine Monastery
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The church of San Benedetto a Ripa d'Arno and the adjoining monastery were built in 1393 and donated to the Benedictine nuns. Until the mid-nineteenth century, their appearance was rather rustic, with…
/ Church of San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Look how wonderful it is! Does it remind you of another church you saw in Pisa? (Answer 1 at the bottom of the page). This church, although it never was, is called 'the old Cathedral', perhaps due…
/ Le Piagge and San Michele degli Scalzi for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]In the middle of the avenue there are the municipal library and the SMS exhibition centre, just in front of the church of San Michele degli Scalzi; look for the church and the leaning bell tower! …
/ Piazza dei Miracoli for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Why is the square called this way? Choose one of the following options! Miracles happen here. Miracoli is the name of the architect who began the work. The name was given by a poet. Reminds of the…
/ Church of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3910 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Built on a project by Milanese architect Cecilio Arpesani and commissioned by Cardinal Pietro Maffi of Pisa, it was inaugurated in July 1916 with solemn celebrations. The church is built in a neo-…