San Martino in Greppo is a small Romanesque-style,

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church, located in the Diecimo district outside of the town of

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in the province of Lucca,

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, Italy.

History

The church was located along the ancient road that linked the Lunigiana valley near

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with the Po valley; this church was documented by 979, under the pieve of Diecimo. It operated an adjacent hostel for pilgrims. The present church, visible from the banks of the

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, was built in the 12th century. The simple stone structure with a single nave and a semicircular apse was restored in 2009. The interiors lack decoration.Terra di Lucca e di Versilia
tourism website by the Province of Lucca.

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