Chiesa di Sant'Ermete
The church of Sant’Ermete stands at a quiet crossroads in Pisa, known locally as Sant’Ermete in Orticaia, tucked between via dei Sepolcri and via Putignano. Its name anchors a long, documented memory in the city’s medieval fabric, first cited in 1070 as San Remedio in Orticaia and later mentioned in a 1153 papal bull of Pope Anastasio IV. By 1297 it had entered the hands of the Cistercian abbey of San Michele in Verruca, and in 1797 it was elevated to parish status. Sant’Ermete is built as a single-aisle church, with medieval stone and cotto (terracotta) elements visible on the facade and flank, while the upper part of the facade and the campanile are from the nineteenth century. …
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