Church of St. Peter

The current church, an extension of a pre-existing medieval building, is oriented along the south-east-north-west axis and, adjacent to it, on the south side is the bell tower, the only remaining trace of the 13th century parish complex.
The church has a structural system made of mixed stone and brick masonry, plastered and painted, while the bell tower is made of irregular blocks of ceroid limestone from the Pisan Mountains.
The main façade appears asymmetrical because it includes, in addition to the façade of the church, the adjacent façade of the company room. The façade of the church is framed by two corner pilasters that support a smooth trabeation on which a tympanum rests. It does not have any type of decoration except for the main door, delimited by a marble frame and tympanum, and a simple wooden cross placed to the right of it. The lateral façades of the church are plastered, as are those of the sacristy, located between the bell tower and the apse.
In plan, the church has a single nave divided into three bays divided by a pair of pilaster strips, while the apse is semicircular. In the middle bays there are two small rectangular vaulted rooms where two side altars are located. Next to these are the doors to the rectory, on the left, and to the company room, on the right. From this last room, then, you can access the organ located on the counter-façade. In correspondence with the choir, instead, the door to the sacristy opens on the south side.
The foundations of both the church and the bell tower are made of stone.
The roof structure of the church has a double wooden frame with an overlying brick layer, a reinforced concrete screed with electro-welded mesh, a waterproof membrane and a roof covering in Tuscan-style brick tiles and roof tiles.
The internal flooring is made of travertine slabs mounted in a running pattern without any particular design or inlay. The external perimeter of the church is diversified by the use of materials but does not present any decorative or material details of value.
The stairs leading to the bell tower are made of wood.
The church is naturally lit on each longitudinal side by three round-arched windows corresponding to the spans. There is no dome. The nave of the church is covered with a barrel vault with lunettes mounted on a reed bed and frescoed with paintings, friezes and decorations in fake marble and coffered ceilings.

Plant
The plan is rectangular with a longitudinal development along the major axis of the church, with a southeast-northwest orientation and designs a single nave with a semicircular apse. The length is divided into three bays divided between them by a pair of pilaster strips. Symmetrically, in the middle of the nave, two small rectangular-based spaces open up.

Foundations
The foundations of both the church and the bell tower are made of stone and date back to the original construction of the 13th century complex, as was confirmed in 1967 with the internal repaving of the church.

Structural system
The structural system of the church is made of mixed stone and brick masonry. All the facades of the church and of the adjacent company rooms, the sacristy and the rectory are plastered. Two corner pilasters frame the main facade of the church which ends in the upper part with a tympanum above a simple trabeation.

Coverings
The roof structure is a gable with two sloping sides and has a radial shape in correspondence with the apse area. A double wooden framework with underlying reed vaults and an overlying brickwork, reinforced concrete screed with electro-welded mesh, waterproofing membrane and roof covering in terracotta tiles and brickwork coupled with the Tuscan style.

Floors and paving
The interior flooring of the church is made of travertine stone slabs, laid out without any particular inlay or decoration, only the steps leading to the presbytery and the two small rooms are in marble, presumably from Carrara. There is no external perimeter flooring to the church. The main façade, in fact, opens onto the dirt churchyard while on the south side there is a simple concrete floor. A portion of the apse and the north side do not have external flooring being directly on the grass of the garden attached to the rectory.

Decorative elements
The interior is richly decorated with frescoes, stuccos and decorations in fake marble and coffered ceilings. In the apse basin there is a fresco with the subject of the 'Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus in her arms surrounded by Angels and Saints'. The nave divided into three bays is covered with barrel vaults with lunettes, mounted on a reed bed and decorated with paintings.

Furnishings
There are two side altars placed in the small arched spaces opposite each other in the middle of the nave and are dedicated respectively, the one on the left, to the 'Madonna del Rosario' and the one on the right to the 'Madonna della Neve'. The altar of the 'Madonna del Rosario' was built in the mid-19th century and has a rectangular section, with lateral columns and neoclassical capitals and made of stucco and with marbled parts. As an altarpiece it has a painting depicting the 'Madonna del Rosario together with Saints Ansano, Caterina, Agata and Domenico'. This painting, oil on canvas, dates back to the 17th century and is attributable, perhaps, to the Brandimarte workshop, very active in Lucca in that period. On the stucco and gilded frame of the painting, the fifteen Mysteries of the Rosary are painted in oil on wood, joined together by a flower. This work dates back to the 16th century and can be attributed to an Italian workshop. The altar of the 'Madonna della Neve' was also built in the mid-19th century and has a rectangular section, with lateral columns and neoclassical capitals and is made of stucco and marbled parts. As an altarpiece it has a painting depicting the 'Madonna with Child Jesus together with Saints Charles Borromeo, John the Evangelist, Pellegrino and Paolino'. This painting, oil on canvas, was painted, as can be read from the inscription on the canvas, in 1637 by the Florentine painter Gaspare Mannucci (1575-1642). In the company room there is a marble ciborium, from the end of the 15th - beginning of the 16th century. The architectural structure is richly carved with phytomorphic decorations, such as sprigs of leaves and flowers in bud, as well as the head of a winged cherub. It also has a small perforated iron door with a trilobate key. In the presbytery, on the left side, there is a statuette of the Virgin with Child, both in polychrome terracotta and hand-embroidered gold robes, dating back to the 19th century. Behind the high altar is the wooden choir stall from the 18th century. The main entrance door of the church is bordered by a frame and a marble tympanum from the second half of the 19th century. On the architrave you can read the inscription: DOMUS DEI ET PORTA COELI. To the right of the main entrance door of the church is the marble baptismal font from the 18th century. It consists of a marble pile resting on a triangular stem, with as many lion paws at the corners. The basin is round with pod-shaped reliefs as well as a cherub's head, while on the shaft there are ovules and cloth drapes in relief. To the left of the main entrance door of the church is a holy water stoup with a marble shaft dating back to the 18th century. The organ, built in 1850 by Domenico Pucci, is located in the counter-façade of the church and is accessed by an iron spiral staircase, located inside the company room. Both the mezzanine and the exhibition choir are made of chestnut wood painted with floral decorations, dating back to the 19th century.

Stairs
The stairs leading to the bell tower, inside the bell tower, are made of wood, those leading to the organ are made of iron.

Bell tower
The bell tower, square in shape, has a stone structure in rectangular ashlars arranged irregularly. Of rather squat proportions compared to others in the area, it has the characteristics of Pisan towers. It remains the only testimony of the original medieval complex.