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San Piero a Grado
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This 11th-century basilica, located 8 km (5 mi) southwest of Pisa along the Arno, was built over the remains of two earlier churches. According to legend, it was here that Peter the Apostle stepped off the boat in AD 42—his first step on Italian soil. (It would have made more sense for him to land on the Adriatic Coast, as he was coming from Antioch.) The structure is a lovely example of Romanesque architecture, and it's not without its quirks: it has two apses, one at each end. On the walls are some crumbling, but still vibrant, frescoes dating from the 12th and 13th centuries. Thirty-one of these frescoes depict scenes from the lives of Saints Peter and Paul, an uncommon subject in Tuscan wall painting.
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