I was in Pistoia for work, and as well as having a lovely lunch outside in the warm spring sun, I had a wander around the town. I have photographed the main monuments in Pistoia on a previous visits, so this time I sought out a lesser known Romanesque church, just outside of the centre of the town as my main focus.
San Bartolomeo in Pantano took the form we see today in the second part of the Twelfth century. The striped lower façade is in the Pisan style, with an interesting lintel over the door depicting the Apostles.
The inside takes the form of a typical basilica with three naves. The column capitals are also in the Pisan style. The most interesting part of this church is the pulpit. This pulpit has been dismantled and rebuilt a couple of times in different positions. The circular patterned panels come from elsewhere. It was built by a Lombard craftsman
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
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| San Bartolomeo in Pantano, Pistoia |
I also visited the Cathedral to improve on the photographs I took on my last visit. The Duomo we see today mostly dates from the Twelfth century, but is founded on a much older church. The apse dates from the Fifteenth century.
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
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| Duomo San Zeno, Pistoia |
I discovered that on Tuesdays, the religious buildings where you pay to enter are closed. So Saint Andrea and the Baptistry, will have to wait for another visit. I did take some shots with my shift lens of the outside of these two buildings, to get some shots where the vertical walls are vertical.
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| Battistero, Pistoia |
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| St. Andrea, Pistoia |
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| St. Andrea, Pistoia |
The lintel over the door with the Three Kings is a splendid piece of Romanesque sculpture. We see King Herod being advised of the arrival of the Kings, and then wee see them presenting gifts to Jesus.
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| St. Andrea, Pistoia |
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