Santa Apollonia is a church in Pisa, Italy.

Church of Santa Apollonia
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvincePisa
Location
LocationPisa, Italy
Santa Apollonia, Pisa is located in Italy
Santa Apollonia, Pisa
Shown within Italy
Geographic coordinates43°43′11.55″N 11°24′5.73″E / 43.7198750°N 11.4015917°E / 43.7198750; 11.4015917
Architecture
Architect(s)Mattia Tarocchi
TypeChurch
StyleBaroque
Groundbreakingbefore 1116
Completed1777

Once called San Pietro a Schia, this church is known from documents from 1116, and a reconstruction in 1277. In 1777, the Pisan architect Mattia Tarocchi reconstructed the church in Baroque style. The interior houses the altar and stucco and mural decorations by Tarocchi, and paintings by Aurelio Lomi, Pandolfo Titi, and the 19th-century painter Giuseppe Bacchini.

Sources

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  • Barsali, U.; U. Castelli; R. Gagetti; O. Parra (1999). Storia e Capolavori di Pisa. Florence: Bonechi.
  • Donati, Roberto. Pisa. Arte e storia. Narni: Plurigraf.