Pisa - Chiesa di San Michele in Borgo

The upper part of San Michele´s facade glows in the afternoon sun. Archaeologists unearthed the foundations of a Roman temple, where the church is today. It was mentioned as the church of a Benedictine convent in 1016 as existing "outside the city walls". From about 1110 Camaldolese monks lived here upto 1782. The marble facade with the three rows of loggias dates from the early 14th century.