San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno [SEP] named after
San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno
San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno (St. Paul on the bank of the Arno) is a Roman Catholic church in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is a pre-eminent example of Tuscan Romanesque church architecture. The church is also locally known as "Duomo vecchio" (old cathedral).
The church.
Reports of the founding of the church trace to around 925, but by 1032, a church structure existed. It was initially affiliated with a Benedictine monastery. By
" in the painting "The Expulsion from the Garden of Eden "by Masaccio. After the fire of 1595 it was packed away during the redecoration and was not rediscovered and re-erected until 1926.
The church of San Nicola in Pisa was enlarged between 1297 and 1313 by the Augustinians, perhaps by the design of Giovanni Pisano. He was also responsible of the façade of San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno. His last major work dates probably from 1313 when he made a monument in memory of Margaret of Brabant (who