Religious site
Chiesa di San Matteo
Chiesa di San Matteo stands as a medieval religious complex in Pisa, anchored by a Benedictine foundation and an adjoining convent. The monastery for Benedictine nuns was established in 1027, with the layout expanded over the 12th and 13th centuries to form a quadrilateral around a central courtyard, integrating buildings that had previously stood separately. The church itself was rebuilt atop a pre-existing three-apse chapel, reflecting Pisa’s early eleventh-century monastic impulse and its engagement with the Arno corridor near the river. …
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