San Francesco de' Ferri is a church in Pisa

Pisa

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, Tuscany

Tuscany

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, Italy

Italy

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Mentioned for the first time in a document from 1233, the church was rebuilt starting from 1261 by will of archbishop Federico Visconti. The church was under the patronage of the Pisane noble families, who owned a series of private chapels for their burials; the Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 were limited to the administration of the cult. The works, directed by Giovanni di Simone, ended in 1270 and included also the slender bell tower.

The marble façade is from 1603. The interior was revamped in the same age, with paintings by Jacopo da Empoli

Jacopo da Empoli

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, Passignano and Santi di Tito

Santi di Tito

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. In the transept are frescoes by Taddeo Gaddi

Taddeo Gaddi

Taddeo Gaddi was a medieval Italian painter and architect.-Biography:He was the son of Gaddo di Zanobi, called Gaddo Gaddi. He was a member of Giotto's workshop from 1313 to 1337, when his master died...

 (1342-1345), Galileo Chini (20th century) and an altar frontal by Tommaso Pisano (late 14th century).

The sacristy has frescoes by Taddeo di Bartolo

Taddeo di Bartolo

Taddeo di Bartolo , also known as Taddeo Bartoli, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School during the early Renaissance. He is among the artists profiled in Vasari's Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori...

 (1397) with Histories of Mary, while the Capitolium Hall has frescoes by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini

Niccolò di Pietro Gerini

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 with Histories of the life of Christ (1392). The rectangular cloister is from the 14th century.

After a period as military barracks, the church was declared national monument in 1893. The church was once home to Giotto's Stigmata of St. Francis and Cimabue

Cimabue

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's Maestà

Maestà (Cimabue)

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, both robbed by the French in the 1810s and now housed at the Louvre Museum.