San Piero a Grado

Basilica of San Piero a Grado
Facade
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvincePisa
Location
LocationPisa, Italy
Architecture
TypeChurch
StyleRomanesque
Groundbreaking10th century
Completed12th Century

San Piero a Grado (Italian: Basilica di San Pietro Apostolo) is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, in the eponymous frazione 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the city center. The church is located where once was a now disappeared port of the Pisan Republic, where, according to the legend, St. Peter landed in Italy from Antiochia in 44 AD.

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