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The Church by the Bridge
Santa Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church , erected in 1230, was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo: the new name of Spina ("thorn") derives from the presence of a thorn allegedly part of the crown dressed by Christ on the Cross, brought here in 1333.
The church is one of the most outstanding Gothic edifices of Europe: it has a rectangular plant, with an external facing wholly composed of marble, laid in polychrome bands.
Source: Santa Maria della Spina
It's amazing how this little church stood for more than 700 years considering its "not so strategic" location, being beside the bridge... it just goes to show how faith keeps things together ;-)
Happy weekend flickrites! :~)
Pisa, Italy
The Church by the Bridge
Santa Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church , erected in 1230, was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo: the new name of Spina ("thorn") derives from the presence of a thorn allegedly part of the crown dressed by Christ on the Cross, brought here in 1333.
The church is one of the most outstanding Gothic edifices of Europe: it has a rectangular plant, with an external facing wholly composed of marble, laid in polychrome bands.
Source: Santa Maria della Spina
It's amazing how this little church stood for more than 700 years considering its "not so strategic" location, being beside the bridge... it just goes to show how faith keeps things together ;-)
Happy weekend flickrites! :~)
Pisa, Italy