After the rain

San Giovanni Fuorcivitas

                 

The moon

Cribs

San Giuseppe

 


Sant'Anna

 

 

SMS

There's a brand new museum in Pisa: SMS. (San Michele degli Scalzi).

In the restaured cloister of San Michele.

San Cerbone

Pieve di San Giovanni Battista

 

I always thought that the belfry was bizarre... and in fact its upper part was built in the XX century, on top of one of the towers of the fortress.

 

The XVI century church. It seems that before being a church, the room was used as an arms depot!



The relics of William of Maleval (or William the Great), an hermit who died near Castiglione in 1157.

San Piero a Grado

The legend says that the church was built in the spot where Saint Peter disembarked... and the frescoes by Deodato Orlandi (early 14th century) depict the life of Saint Peter.



The current construction begun in the 10th century and was renovated in the late 11th-early 12th centuries. It has no façade but has apses on both sides.

The exterior is decorated by ceramic basins coming from Maiorca, Sicily or the Islamic world (the originals are in the Museo di San Matteo).

"Ite missa est"

 

 

Winter colors

Santo Sepolcro

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was built in the 12th century by Diotisalvi, the same architect of the baptistery, for the Knights Hospitaller (who later became the Knights of Malta). It was meant to be similar to the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, and originally had a portico and a nave. The interior was restored in 1720 by Pisan freemasons, who believed it to be a Templar church, as it was similar to the Temple Church in London.




On the right side, there's a bust-reliquiary of St. Ubaldesca (15th century), who was said to turn water into wine for the joy of pilgrims, and the well from where she got the miraculous water (closed by a grid with Malta cross).




In font of the main entrance, the tombstone of Maria Mancini, Mazarin's niece and Luis XIV's (and many others') lover.

Originally the main entrance was probably on the other side, at the end of the nave.

sources: Wikipedia, the guide in the church.



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Santa Croce

 


 

Abbazia di San Savino

A XII century Camaldolese fortified monastery in località Montione, 5 km from Pisa.

 




Depending from where your plane lands in Pisa airport, you can see it from the plane... on your right.