Religious site
Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo
Chiesa dei Santi Jacopo e Filippo stands on Via San Michele degli Scalzi, a Romanesque church in Pisa that anchors a centuries-old Augustinian story. Documents show the abbey at this site by 1110, and it is believed that a church existed here shortly after the year 1000, giving this building a millennium-spanning presence in the city. The structure features a half-finished façade, a telltale mark of its long history and evolving fortunes. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the church underwent restoration, and the interior was frescoed by Giuseppe Melani and his brother Francesco, who depicted scenes from the lives of the saints. …
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