San Pietro Somaldi, Lucca, Roman Catholic church in central Lucca, Italy

San Pietro Somaldi is a church in Lucca with a stone facade displaying white stripes and blind loggias with decorated capitals. The interior is supported by sandstone pillars and contains multiple naves with historical artistic features.

The church was founded in the 8th century and underwent major rebuilding from the 12th to 14th centuries with elements of Pisan Romanesque architecture. This long development phase shaped its current appearance.

The central portal's architrave carries a relief of the Delivery of the Keys to Peter, attributed to Guido Bigarelli da Como and dated 1238. The church takes part of its name from Bishop Summal, who founded it in 763.

The church stands on Piazza San Pietro Somaldi, near the line of Lucca's old medieval walls, a short walk from the central grid of streets. The interior is a three-nave hall on pillars, so the first left altar, with the Membrini panel, is easy to find by walking up the left aisle. Look up at the facade's open sail-like top with its blind loggia before entering.

The central portal's architrave relief, depicting the delivery of the keys to Peter, is attributed to Guido Bigarelli da Como and dated 1238; the English Wikipedia gives 1248. The upper facade's sail-like structure with a blind loggia is dated by its capitals to the second half of the 13th century.