Chiesa di San Donnino
Chiesa di San Donnino stands as a quiet marker of Pisa’s layered religious history, anchored at a site where a church existed as early as the 13th century. The present structure’s roots reach back to a reconstruction begun in 1303, once adjacent to a Benedictine Monastery that shaped the site for centuries. In 1575, Cardinal Ferdinando de’ Medici transferred the monastery to the Capuchins, shifting the community that surrounded the church. The building carried through a period of grave damage during World War II and was subsequently restored, preserving its 14th‑century rites and artworks. Inside, you encounter frescoes of the Madonna and Child and a wooden crucifix, alongside canvases by Giovanni Bilivert (1636) and Giovanni Battista Tempesti (1770). …
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