The Saints Mary and John Parish in Vicopisano

The Saints Mary and John Parish was built between the XI-th and XII-th century on a pre-existing religious building. The building shows the typical features of the Romanic and Pisan architecture.

The facade is opened by three portals and on its high part by a window and it is also decorated with pilasters and hanging archs.

The interior is built according to a basilican plant and it is equipped by three aisle divided by columns with capitals showing different shapes.

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At the entrance of the parish it is possible to admire a fine fount in Romanic style, whereas in a niche is placed a wood-made statue by Nino Pisano (beginning of the XIV-th century - 1368) portraying "Saint John Baptist".

Close to the main altar it is possible to admire a group of wood-made sculptures portraying the "Deposition", dating back to the XII-XIIIth century, and also a fifteenth-century baptismal font.

On the right wall it is also possible to see some remains of fine thirteenth-century frescoes portraying biblical pictures recently restored.