Province Province of Lucca | Phone +39 0583 4422 | |
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Address Piazza S. Pietro Somaldi, 55100 Lucca LU, Italy Similar Santa Maria Forisport, Santa Maria della Rosa - Lu, Chiesa dei Santi Giovanni, Santa Maria Corteorla, Basilica of San Frediano | ||
San Pietro Somaldi is a Gothic- style, Roman Catholic church located on a Piazza of the same name, near the location of the old medieval walls, in central Lucca, region of Tuscany, Italy.
History
A Lombard church, it was named in part after a bishop Sumualdo or Summal, who founded the church in 763. It was once property of the Lombard king Aistulf. Reconstruction of a new church started in the 12th-century, and was not complete until 14th-centuries.
The central portal has a sculpted relief depicting St Paul gaining keys (1248) by Guido Bigarelli of Como.
References
San Pietro Somaldi, Lucca Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA