Santa Apollonia
Santa Apollonia is a church in Pisa, Italy. Once called San Pietro a Schia, this church is known from documents from 1116, and a reconstruction in 1277.Photo: Dimitris Kamaras, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Chiesa di Sant’Apollonia” and “Santa Apollonia, Pisa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Piazza dei Cavalieri and Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri.
Piazza dei Cavalieri
Square
Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri
Church
Photo: . Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0.
Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri is a church in central Pisa, located on Piazza dei Cavalieri. Construction began on 17 April 1565 to provide a place of worship for the Order of Knights of St Stephen, founded by Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici to combat Saracen piracy in the Mediterranean.
Palazzo dell’Orologio (Pisa)
University
Photo: Carlo Pelagalli, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palazzo dell’Orologio (Pisa) is an university, which is situated 170 metres west of Santa Apollonia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pratale and Cittadella galileiana.
Santa Apollonia
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Pisa, Pisa, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.71995° or 43° 43′ 12″ northLongitude
10.40176° or 10° 24′ 6″ eastOpen location code
8FMGPC92+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 216744137OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q281259
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Italian—“Santa Apollonia” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Santa Apollonia”
- Dutch: “Santa Apollonia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانتا ابولونيا”
- Indonesian: “Santa Apollonia, Pisa”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Pietro a Ischia”
- Italian: “chiesa di Sant’Apollonia”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Apollonia”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Apollonia”
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