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Sant'Agostino, Lucca

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The church was rebuilt in the 14th-century adjacent to an Augustinian monastery, on the site of a prior church called San Salvatore in Mura. Remains of the former church, and an ancient Roman theater are visible in the base of the bell-tower.
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A legend attached to the church is that a man once tossed a stone against the icon of the Madonna and fell through a trapdoor into a tunnel that led to the infernos of Hell. The trapdoor is now sealed.
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The interior was refurbished in 1664, with a single nave and three apse chapels. On the lateral walls, are frescoes of the
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Risen Christ pointing to an image of the Madonna with Saints Peter, Augustine, Andrew, Francis, and Nicola da Tolentino
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14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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Gothic
Roman Catholic
piazza
Lucca
Tuscany
Italy

Giacinto Gemignani
Comune of Lucca
Diocese of Lucca
43°50′44″N 10°30′08″E / 43.8455°N 10.5021°E / 43.8455; 10.5021
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Roman Catholic churches in Lucca
Gothic architecture in Lucca
14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy

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