Religious site
Chiesa di San Marco alle Cappelle
Chiesa di San Marco alle Cappelle stands along via Carlo Cattaneo as a robust trace of Pisa’s religious life, rebuilt between 1787 and 1789 to a design by Giovanni Andreini. The church’s most distinctive moment is its 18th-century rebirth, after a long history that includes a 1153 first mention and a major 1753 renewal when Jacopo Bussagli reworked the tribuna and Giovanni Frullani decorated it with stucco and an affresco of San Marco by Giovan Battista Tempesti. The bell tower, dating to 1813, originally wore a pointed crown until a lightning strike in 1909 reshaped its summit into a terrace. …
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