Chiesa di San Giuseppe
The Chiesa di San Giuseppe in Pisa stands as a compact Baroque jewel whose current form dates to a dramatic 1707–1710 reconstruction by the Pisani brothers Giuseppe and Francesco Melani, who also redesigned its facade and interior stucco. Founded in 1530 and consecrated in 1572, the church originally belonged to the Gesuate nuns of Lucca and later came under the Misericordia di Pisa, with a reopening to worship in 2003. The exterior fronts a marble portal capped by a tall, square campanile of brick dating to 1710, replacing an earlier 1614 structure; flanking the portal are paraste with Ionic capitals and two side memorial plaques—the left commemorating the founding of the “Crocione” company and the right noting restorations in 1895. …
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