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Santa Caterina d'Alessandria is a Gothic -style Roman Catholic church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy . History. Santa Caterina is mentioned for the first time in 1211, then associated with a hospital. The current edifice was built between 1251 and 1300, commissioned by Saint Dominic and entrusted to the friars of his order. [1]
Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria. Facciata Chiesa di Santa Caterina (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa) Three blind arches support two floors of walkable gothic-style loggias and in the centre stands the large rose window, rebuilt in 1927.
Chiesa di Santa Caterina. The Church, dedicated to St. Catharine of Alexandria, was built in the early 13th century, but it was with the Dominicans (1222) that the building and annexed convent took shape as they are today. The hall-shaped, double-pitched gabled building was probably completed towards mid 13th century.
Piazza Santa Caterina. (Open Map) (75) Home. What to see. Church of St. Catherine. Description. The Church, dedicated to St. Catharine of Alexandria, was built in the early 13th century, but it was with the Dominicans (1222) that the building and annexed convent took shape as they are today.
It is the largest and more complex work made by the Sienese painter and comes directly from the altar of the Church of Santa Caterina in Pisa. You can also see the Madonna del Latte by Andrea Pisano and a synopia of Buonamico Buffalmacco, author of the cycle of frescoes of the Monumental Camposanto of Pisa.
Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Piazza Santa Caterina. Pisa. Tel 050-552883. The church contains outstanding works of art, although the altarpiece by Simone Martini is currently in the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo.
Santa Caterina, Pisa. The Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas is a painting by the Italian medieval artist Lippo Memmi, dating likely to 1323, when the former Dominican friar was canonized. It is displayed in the church of Santa Caterina in Pisa, a church once belonging to the Dominican order. [1]
