Chiesa di San Silvestro
Chiesa di San Silvestro presents a quiet drama at the heart of Pisa: a former church that faces Piazza San Silvestro and is now deconsecrated, its past still visible in the walls that remain. The building dates to 1118, when the structure was given to the Benedictines from Montecassino, marking its long-rooted connection to monastic reform and medieval devotion. In the 14th century it passed into Dominican hands, reflecting Pisa’s shifting religious landscape across the medieval centuries. The current façade, erected 1770–1772, was designed by Giuseppe Vaccà and Anton Francesco Quarantotti, a late Baroque redevelopment that reshaped the street’s first impression of the site. …
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