Chiesa di Santa Caterina

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Facciata - Chiesa di Santa Caterina (F. Anichini)

The Church, dedicated to St. Catharine of Alexandria, was built in the early 13th century, but it was with the Dominicans (1222) that the building and annexed convent took shape as they are today. The hall-shaped, double-pitched gabled building was probably completed towards mid 13th century. It was built to answer the need for a large space mainly for preaching but also for worship and to bury the dead. The single nave with trussed roof forms a “T” with the transept, off which lead four cross-vaulted chapels.


The front, completed in the first half of the 14th century, is a development in Gothic style of the Cathedral decoration. Two-tone stripes, in marble from nearby San Giuliano, unite the lower round arches with the three-lobed arches above. These rest on columns with capitals and human heads. Busts of saints in high relief surround a central rose window. The bell tower,built in terracotta, is attributed to Giovanni di Simone, who also built the one at the church of S. Francesco and the Camposanto Monumentale. The interior of the church was renovated after a fire in 1650; among the works are the sepulchure of Archbishop Saltarelli by Andrea and Nino Pisano, the large altarpiece depicting The Triumph of St. Thomas, probably the work of Lippo Memmi and Francesco Traini, and the 17th century wooden cathedra that encloses the one that St. Thomas is said to have preached from.


In ancient times a large polyptich signed by Simone Martini stood on the main altar and in the S. Domenico chapel (cappella dei Caduti) there was a dossal depicting S. Domenico and Stories from his Life signed and dated by Francesco Traini; both are now in the Museum of S. Matteo.

SANTA CATERINA D'ALESSANDRIA
30m
San Zeno, 1
Recapito 050 550250
LAURI LOFT
50m
Santa Caterina, 2
Recapito 349 6111596
RETRO B&B
130m
Santa Caterina, 14 - Pisa
Recapito 320 8174489
DI STEFANO
190m
Via Sant'Apollonia, 35
Recapito 050 553559
OSTERIA LA TOSCANA
170m
Piazzetta Tongiorgi, 1/3
Recapito 050 554557
PIZZERIA MOONLIGHT
190m
V. S. Lorenzo, 52
Recapito 050 564433
PIZZERIA AL BAGNO DI NERONE
190m
Largo Parlascio, 26
Recapito 050 24321
OSTERIA SANTA CATERINA
210m
V. S. Cecilia, 34
Recapito 050 581186
XV concerto annuale del coro dell'Università di Pisa
10m
Chiesa di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
07-06-2024
PIETAS
20m
Chiesa di Santa Caterina di Alessandria
14-10-2016
STEFANO NOTTOLI E LA CAROVANA
20m
CinemaTeatroLux
14-09-2014
15-09-2014
CINEMA TEATRO LUX
20m
Cinema Teatro Lux
26-09-2014
29-09-2014