Pieve della Cappella in Seravezza
A parish church of very ancient origins, inserted in a unique landscape on the marble quarries
The Pieve della Cappella or, as it is also known, Pieve di San Martino, is found in the village of Azzano, part of the Seravezza municipality. The church rests in a breathtaking part of the landscape, with views of Monte Altissimo and the old marble quarries on one side, and the sea on the other.
The church is made entirely of marble and was built before the year 1000 and was then reworked in the 12th century. The bell tower, predating the 11th century, stands separately in front of the facade. In the 16th century the parish church underwent restoration and expansion works, which embellished it with a rose window, known as the “eye of Michelangelo” as designed, according to tradition, by the great artist who was staying in Versilia at that time. Actually it is a work by Donato Benti, to whom we also owe the addition of a beautiful colonnade which was unfortunately destroyed during the Second World War. Inside the church, designed as a rectangular plan with three naves, the 17th-century marble altars are particularly noteworthy.
