Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Paolo

Chiesa Parrocchiale di San Paolo in Pisa traces back to 1063, when Pisan ships returned from conquering Palermo and the city raised an octagonal brick chapel behind the church, dedicating it to a saint tied to that very island. The guide follows the chapel from centuries hidden inside a monastery cloister through the 1944 bombing that left it standing exposed, and explains how the church earned the nickname old cathedral while Pisa's marble duomo was still rising nearby.