Lucca - San Cristóforo

To the northeast of the Piazza Napoleone, at the near end of the busy Via Fillungo, stands the Church of San Cristóforo, which dates from the 12th-13th centuries. There are three doorways in the facade, the central one having a richly ornamented architrave. Set in the wall to the right are two iron standard measures marking the width of a bolt of cloth as fixed by the Università dei Mercanti. In the upper part of the facade is a large rose-window (14th century).