Sant'Andrea Forisportam

Local nameChiesa di Sant'Andrea Forisportam
LocationSan Francesco, Pisa, Italy

Sant'Andrea Forisportam is a church building, now deconsecrated, in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.

A church on the site is documented as early as 1104, the name deriving from its location outside a gate of the walls of medieval Pisa.

The church served as a parish church until 1839, under the jurisdiction of the church of San Pietro in Vinculis. In that year, it was deconsecrated and used as a fish-market. In 1847, it became the chapter of the 'Union of the Sacred Heart of Holy Mary for the Conversion of the Sinful. The church was heavily damaged during World War II, and restored and reopened to the public in 1948. It is not longer consecrated, and is used for theatrical performances as site of Teatro Sant'Andrea. The simple structure consists of a central nave with two lesser flanking ones. The font is a copy of the original Islamic ceramic from the 11th century.

Tags TheatreRomanesque ArchitectureFormer ChurchRoman CatholicHistoric BuildingChurch
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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant'Andrea_Forisportam_(Pisa)

Official website http://www.teatrosantandrea.it/

Email info@teatrosantandrea.it

Phone +39 505 42364

Address Via del Cuore, 56127 Pisa, Italy

Coordinates 43°42'58.509" N 10°24'20.745" E

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