/ PLACES OF WORSHIP
/ Chiesa di San Matteo
The Church and adjoining convent, belonging to Benedictine nuns, were begun in about 1027 and were built on the foundations of a earlier church. During the following century the church was enlarged but was partially demolished in about 1350. Badly…
/ Chiesa di San Martino
The Church of S. Martino in Chinzica is first mentioned in 1066; it stood on the Carraia Maiore, the most important roadway entering Pisa from the south, today called via S. Martino.The Church is hall-shaped, with a short transept. It was completely…
/ Chiesa di San Giuseppe
Founded in 1530, this church, belonging to the Gesuate sisters of Lucca, was consecrated in 1572. It was the first building of a convent completed in 1534. The building was completely restructured and greatly modified Between 1707 and 1710 under the…
/ Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Tedeschi
The name of this Church comes from the battle of Montecatini (1315) during which German soldiers died fighting on the side of the Pisans. In their honour, a German confraternity founded this Church in 1317, and decorated it with the arms of the…
/ Chiesa di San Frediano
The Church of S. Frediano and adjacent hospital are first mentioned in 1061 under the double name of Saints Martino and Frediano. The church and hospital sheltered the needy and pilgrims and stood along a thoroughfare in the city that connected…
/ Chiesa di San Domenico
The Church and adjoining convent belonged to the enclosed order of Dominican nuns. Following damage to the building during the second world war, the nuns moved to the monastery of S. Domenico Nuovo (in via Uguccione della Faggiola) taking with them…
/ The Synagogue
The Synagogue stands close to the city centre, near the Teatro Verdi and the church of S. Andrea. It was inaugurated in September 1595, and is still used for worship. Jews are known to have been in Pisa at least since the end of the 14thcentury and…
/ Piazza del Duomo. Battistero di San Giovanni - Interno
Around the inside the Baptistery, is a circle of eight pillars dating from 1163, with capitals carved in human and animal forms by Guidetto at the end of the 12th century. Above these, is the women’s gallery, divided by archivolted pilasters. The…
/ Piazza del Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria, Interno
The cathedral is shaped like a Latin cross, with a central nave terminating in an apse and four side aisles and a transept of three aisles. The central nave is flanked by monolithic granite pillars with 11th and 12th century capitals. A women’s…
/ Palazzo Agostini Venerosi della Seta
Transformed into a palazzo by joining several medieval buildings together, among which, documents mention at least four lofts, four workshops and a tower, this palazzo was built between the late 14th century and early 15th centuries, but was only…