Fascinatingly Unique Medieval: San Piero a Grado Near Pisa
Just 7 kilometers west of Pisa, an 11th-century Romanesque basilica stands solitary and solemn in an open field: The medieval basilica San Piero a Grado (also known as the Basilica di San Pietro Apostolo) is fascinatingly unique for various aspects: the lack of a facade but with two apses in one apse, the first stone altar ever erected…