Sant'Agostino, Pietrasanta
Sant'Agostino is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic former-church, located in the town of Pietrasanta in the province of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
History
[edit]The construction of this church was commissioned by the Augustinian order in the 14th century. The church has a single nave with an awkward entrance with three rounded arches delimited by pilasters upholding a linear top register with twelve acute angle walled up arches. There is a single entrance portal with a smaller round arch in the center. The bell-tower was not added until 1780.
The adjacent convent was suppressed by Napoleonic forces in the 19th century.
The church is presently deconsecrated and used for cultural events.[1]
In an 1896 survey, the first chapel on the right had an altarpiece (1518) by Taddeo Zacchia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Terra di Lucca e di Versilia, tourism website by the Province of Lucca.
- ^ La patria; geografia dell' Italia, part. 2. Provincia di Massa e Carrara, Luca, Pisa, Livorno, by Gustavo Strafforello (1896); page 122.
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43°57′27.18″N 10°13′57.89″E / 43.9575500°N 10.2327472°E
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