Chiesa di San Michele degli Scalzi
San Michele degli Scalzi is a Romanesque church that stands in Pisa as a quiet record of monastic life and medieval rebuilding. The name Scalzi refers to barefoot monks associated with the house, linking the site to a Benedictine lineage and later religious orders that owned it across centuries. The church’s origins reach back to the 11th century, with an oratory chapel on the site known by 1025, and a full church built to serve a nearby convent that was established in 1178 by monks from Santa Maria di Pulsano sul Gargano. Its first documented restoration was completed by 1204, and Renaissance and later reconstructions have aimed to preserve the original Romanesque character. …
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