San Giovanni Fuoricivitas

Frommer's Review

The side facade of this tiny but supremely Romanesque church is one of the most photographed sites in Pistoia, an orderly festival of blind arcades, inlaid diamond lozenges, and stripes to put a zebra to shame. Inside is a giant 13th-century crucifix, a Visitation in white terra cotta by Luca della Robbia, and a Giovanni Pisano holy-water stoup. The main attraction, however, is the pulpit (1270) by Fra' Guglielmo da Pisa (a student of Nicola Pisano). Of the three major pulpits in Pistoia, this is the most solidly Romanesque.

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