San Rocco | |
Location: | Pisa, Italy |
Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
Province: | Pisa |
Architecture Type: | Church |
Architecture Style: | Baroque |
Groundbreaking: | 1028 |
Year Completed: | 1634 |
San Rocco is a small Baroque-style, Roman Catholic church facing the Piazza dei Cavalieri in central Pisa, Italy.
The church San Pietro in Cortevecchia is mentioned in documents from 1028. In 1575, a near complete reconstruction occurred when the church was granted to the Company (Order) of Saint Roch (San Rocco). Architect Cosimo Pugliani added a new façade in 1630–1634. The Order of St. Rocco was suppressed in 1782, and the church soon fell under the care of the diocese, and another restoration occurred in 1899.[1]
The interior has frescos in the niches from the 13th century. The ceiling fresco of St Rocco protecting those affected with the plague is attributed to Francesco Venturi.[2]
The altar has a crucifixion from the 16th century and a Madonna and child from the 15th century in polychrome terracotta. On the altar on the left nave is a canvas of St Rocco attributed to Giovanni Antonio Sogliani.