Pisa - San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno

The Church of San Paolo, in the southwest of the old town near the south bank of the Arno, was founded in 805 but was altered and enlarged in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was clearly influenced by the cathedral, as can be seen, for example, in the façade, which has all the characteristics of Pisan Romanesque, with its round-arched doorways and dwarf galleries. An aisled basilica, the church contains the tomb of the 12th century scholar Burgundio, with a reused Roman sarcophagus. There is another Roman sarcophagus built into the wall above the doorway in the left transept. To the east of the church is the little Romanesque Oratory of Sant'Agata (12th century).