Chiesa di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria
Santa Caterina d’Alessandria is a Gothic Roman Catholic church in Pisa built between 1251 and 1300, commissioned by Saint Dominic and entrusted to his friars. The façade, completed in 1326, presents a pointed profile of white and grey marble, with two orders of small Gothic loggias and a central rose window above the entrance. Inside, after a destructive fire in 1651, the nave remains a single large hall, around which a 18th‑century renovation added works from several Italian masters. The church houses Lippo Memmi’s Triumph of St Thomas (c. 1323) and Fra Bartolomeo’s Madonna with Sts Peter and Paul (c. 1511), along with pieces by Santi di Tito, Aurelio Lomi (Martyrdom of St Catherine), Raffaello Vanni, and Pietro Dandini from the 16th and 17th centuries. …
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