/ PLACES OF WORSHIP
/ Chiesa di San Torpé
The Church and adjacent convent, belonging to the Frati Umiliati, were founded between 1254 and 1278. In 1584 the construction passed to the Friars of S. Francesco di Paola, who conducted it until suppression in 1784. Later (until 1808), the…
/ Chiesa di San Sisto in Cortevecchia
The church of St. Sisto was built in Cortevecchia in 1087, soon after the Pisan conquest of the Al Mahdiya emporium inTunisia. Here, the military victories of the Pisan Republic are celebrated, on a date when many of them occurred, 6th August, in…
/ Chiesa di San Silvestro
The church was founded in about 1118 by Benedictine monks from Montecassino, who remained in possession until 1270, when it became a priory. In 1331 it passed to Dominicannuns who used part of the Church for worship. The Rococo facade, designed by…
/ Chiesa di San Sepolcro
The Church, built from locally quarried stone and lit by slit windows, is octagonal in shape with a pyramidal cone-shaped roof resting on a central raised drum. In 1138 this Church is mentioned as part of a construction belonging to the Knights…
/ Chiesa di San Ranierino
The Church of Saints Ranieri and Leonardo, designed by Paolo Folini, was built between 1865 and 1868 to replace the 16th century Church of the same name in Piazza del Duomo. It is on a street that was built to enhance Piazza dei Miracoli, a project…
/ Chiesa di San Pietro in Vincoli
Where the Romanesque church of S. Pietro in Vinculis now stands there was once the church of S. Pietro ai Sette Pini (by Seven Pine Trees), mentioned for the first time in 763 AD. No evident remains have been found of it. The Romanesque Church of…
/ Chiesa di San Paolo all’Orto
This Church, documented since 1086, in 1132 was an Agustinian canonical cure. From 1472 to 1808, when the convent was suppressed, it belonged to Augustinian Domenican nuns of via Romea, In 1819 the building was opened once more for worship and…
/ Chiesa di San Nicola
The church of S. Nicola is documented in 1097, described as depending from the Monastery of S. Michele at the Verruca. Scholarly tradition, perhaps not groundless, holds that it was founded by Marquis Ugo di Tuscia at the end of the 10th century, in…
/ Chiesa di San Michele in Borgo
Archaeological evidence from this site indicates that it was already inhabited by the Etruscans and Romans. The earliest mention of the church and adjacent monastery goes back to 1016, when a pre-existing chapel was transformed and dedicated to the…
/ Chiesa di San Michele degli Scalzi
There are records of a Church dedicated to S. Michele from the year 1025, but it was rebuilt with the adjacent monastery between 1152 and 1171 for the Pulsanese Benedictines (also called “barefoot”, giving the monastery its name (“scalzi” = barefoot…