| Building Name: | Church of Sant'Andrea Forisportam |
| Location: | Pisa, Italy |
| Religious Affiliation: | Roman Catholic |
| Map Type: | Italy |
| Architecture: | yes |
| Architecture Type: | Church |
| Architecture Style: | Romanesque |
Sant'Andrea Forisportam is a church building, now deconsecrated, in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.[1] It is currently used as a theatre for performances, most recently: Fonterossa Day on 16 April 2023.[2]
A church on the site is documented as early as 1104,[3] the name deriving from its location outside a gate of the walls of medieval Pisa.
The church served as a parish church until 1839, under the jurisdiction of the church of San Pietro in Vinculis. In that year, it was deconsecrated and used as a fish-market.
In 1847, it became the chapter of the Union of the Sacred Heart of Holy Mary for the Conversion of the Sinful.
The church was heavily damaged during World War II,[4] and restored and reopened to the public in 1948. It is no longer consecrated, and is now instead used for the theatrical performances of Teatro Sant'Andrea.[5]
Its simple structure consists of a central nave with two lesser flanking ones. The font is a copy of the original Islamic ceramic from the 11th century (now in National Museum of San Matteo, Pisa). The capitals on the internal columns were derived from ancient Roman originals.