San Silvestro, Romanesque church in Pisa, Italy

San Silvestro is a deconsecrated church facing piazza San Silvestro. Its 1770–1772 facade by Giuseppe Vaccà and Anton Francesco Quarantotti is clad in pale grey and white marble panels, rising to a triangular pediment with a metal cross. Three green double doors open at ground level, and statues of Saints Domenico and Silvestro by Giovanni Antonio Cybei stand on pedestals at the outer corners. The three-nave structure is visible on the north side and at the rear.

San Silvestro predates 1118, the year it was given to the Benedictine monks of Montecassino; in the 14th century it passed to Dominican nuns. The facade was rebuilt in 1770-1772 by Giuseppe Vaccà and Anton Francesco Quarantotti, who dismantled the 12th-century sculpted architrave with the Stories of Saint Sylvester, now in the National Museum of San Matteo. The church has been closed and unused for years despite a 2003 facade restoration.

The name comes from Saint Sylvester, to whom the church was dedicated. The two statues of Saints Dominic and Sylvester on the facade are by Giovanni Antonio Cybei. Inside, the wooden ceiling was carved in 1612 by Cosimo Pugliani and has paintings by Aurelio Lomi. The church is now deconsecrated and has been closed for years.

The church faces Piazza San Silvestro and has been closed for years with no use, despite a facade restoration in 2003, so it is seen from outside. The adjoining former convent, the first seat of the Scuola Normale Superiore founded by Napoleonic decree on 18 October 1810, stands next to it.

The former convent next door housed the first seat of the Scuola Normale Superiore, founded by Napoleonic decree on 18 October 1810. The church itself has stood closed and unused for years despite a facade restoration in 2003.