San Pietro in Vinculis is a Romanesque-style,

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church in

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, region of

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History

It was built by the

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s in 1072-1118 over a pre-existing edifice. The rectory was added a few years later. The structure follows the Pisane Romanesque style established by

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. It has a nave and two aisles with apses. The façade is articulated by pilaster strips, blind arches, ''oculi'' (small circular windows), lozenges and

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s. In the interior the

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pavement lies over a

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with groin vaults and Roman capitals, perhaps the relic of an ancient market loggia later turned into a Christian temple. It houses a Roman sarcophagus, remains of frescoes and a ''Crucifix'' on panel from the 13th century. In the rectory are frescoes from the 13th and 15th centuries and 18th century stuccoes. The bell tower was in origin a civil tower (late 11th-early 12th century). For years, the church kept a famous manuscript containing a digest of the ''

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'' of Emperor

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of the Eastern Roman Empire. The document had fallen into Pisan hands after the sack of

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in 1137. After Pisa fell in 1406, the

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the document was transferred to the latter city.From Italian Wikipedia Entry.

References

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