/ PLACES OF WORSHIP
/ Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Galletti
The Church stands on the site of the Church of St. Salvatore mentioned in 1102 as “in Porta Aurea” because it was built close to the ancient pre-comunal southern Porta Aurea city gate. The present church was built by its patrons, the Buzzaccherini…
/ Chiesa di Santa Eufrasia
The Church of S. Eufrasia is mentioned for the first time in 780, in the foundation deeds of the Benedictine monastery of S. Savino, lying not far outside the city. It was probably rebuilt in 1124 and given the names of Saints Eufrasia and Barbara…
/ Chiesa di Santa Croce in Fossabanda
The place-name Fossabandi, now changed to "Fossabanda", derives from a ditch, dug during the middle ages to drain the marshes in the northwestern area just outside the city. The ditch, already mentioned in 1034, took its name from Bando, who…
/ Chiesa di Santa Cristina
The earliest mention of a Church dedicated to St. Christina is in an 8th century AD index of documents, but only after the year 1000 is it reported to be in the Chinzica area, south of the River Arno. From documents in the early Middle Ages we know…
/ Chiesa di Santa Cecilia
The Church of S. Cecilia was founded in 1102 by Camaldolese monks from the nearby Church of St. Michael in Borgo, on land donated by the Visconti family. It was consecrated in 1107 by Bishop Pietro. The interior is a single aisle with a “hanging”…
/ Chiesa di Santa Caterina
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…
/ Chiesa di Sant’Apollonia
This Church, first called S. Pietro, is mentioned in documents from 1116. In the second half of the 12th century it is documented as S. Pietro a Ischia (ad insula) and in the late 13th century is under the patronage of the Galletti family, who…
/ Chiesa di Sant’Anna
The church and nunnery were built by Benedictine nuns from S. Paolo at Pugnano, near Pisa, beginning in 1407. They had first moved to S. Anna al Renaio in 1275 and from there to S. Maria di Barbaricina. The Church, consecrated in 1427, was…
/ Chiesa di Sant’Andrea in Foriporta
The earliest mention of this Church, today used for amateur dramatics, is in 1104. It stood immediately east of the early medieval civitas, in an area that developed rapidly in the 12th century. The front is in dressed stone blocks with a central…
/ Chiesa di San Zeno
The earliest evidence of the Church of San Zeno dates from 1029. In the middle ages it is described as standing in an area known as “alle grotte”, because of ancient ruins used as quarries for building materials. There are also several pieces of…