San Domenico is a

Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

-style,

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church in

Pisa Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

, Italy. It was erected in 1385, under the guidance of

Pietro Gambacorti Pietro is an Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: People * Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice * Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his death * Pietro II C ...

, adjacent to a Dominican Convent. Pietro's daughter, the beatified

Chiara Gambacorti Chiara Gambacorti (1362 – 17 April 1420) – born Vittoria – was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Preachers. Gambacorti was born to rich merchants and was left a widow after a brief marriage. She escaped a secon ...

, resided in that convent. In 1724 through 1732, the interior was decorated in the ornate late-Baroque style. The church and the adjacent convent were extensively damaged during World War II. It is today in use by the Order of the

Knights of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

. The interior is decorated by medieval frescoes and canvases by

Giovanni Battista Tempesti Giovanni Battista Tempesti (1729–1804) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Pisa. Biography Tempesta was born in Volterra. He studied in Pisa and Rome. On his return from to Pisa, for the church of San Domenico, he painted scenes from the ...

depicting the ''Life of the beatified Chiara'' (1782). The church currently hosts a

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Blessed Gerard Blessed Gerard (c. 1040 – 3 September 1120), first known as Gérard de Martigues, was a lay brother in the Benedictine Order who was appointed as rector of the hospice in Jerusalem at Muristan in 1080. In the wake of the success of the Firs ...

, the founder of the

Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

Gallery

File:Chiesa di san domenico (pisa), interno 01.JPG, The interior. File:Chiesa di san domenico (pisa), dipinto 02.JPG, Painting. File:Chiesa di san domenico (pisa), stucchi 03.JPG, Stucco. File:Chiesa di san domenico (pisa), stucchi 02.JPG, Stucco.

References

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