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A
church
that
date
backs
1100s,
it
is
very
nice.
San
Michele
in
Foro is
a Roman
Catholic basilica church
in Lucca, Tuscany,
central Italy,
built
over
the
ancient
Roman
forum.
Until
1370
it
was
the
seat
of
the Consiglio
Maggiore (Major
Council),
the
commune's
most
important
assembly.
It
is
dedicated
to Archangel
Michael.
The
church
is
mentioned
for
the
first
time
in
795
as ad
foro (in
the
forum).
It
was
rebuilt
after
1070
by
will
of Pope
Alexander
II.
Notable
is
the
façade,
from
the
13th
century,
with
a
large
series
of
sculptures
and inlays,
numerous
of
which
remade
in
the
19th
century.
The
lower
part
has
a
series
of
blind
arcades,
the
central
of
which
includes
the
main
portal.
The
upper
part,
built
using
plenty
of
iron
materials
to
counter
wind,
has
four
orders
of
small
loggias.
On
the
summit,
flanked
by
two
other
angels,
is
the
4
m-tall
statue
of St.
Michael
the
Archangel.
According
to
a
legend,
an
angel's
finger
would
have
a
huge
diamond.
On
the
lower
right
corner
of
the
façade
is
a
statue
(1480)
of
the
Madonna salutis
portus,
sculpted
by Matteo
Civitali to
celebrate
the
end
of
the
1476
plague.
The
church
interior
has
a
nave
and
two
aisles
with transept and
semicircular apse;
the
nave
is
supported
by
arcades
on
monolithic
columns.
From
the
southern
transept
rises
the
bell
tower,
built
in
the
12th-14th
centuries,
with
a
series
of
single,
double
and
triple mullioned
windows.
The
last
floor
was
demolished
during
the
rule
of Giovanni
dell'Agnello (1364-1368),
Doge
of
Pisa.
⛪1100'lerden
kalma
çok
hoş
bir
kilise.
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