Pieve di San Giorgio, Religious landmark near Reno River in Argenta, Italy

Pieve di San Giorgio is a church on the right bank of the Reno River in Argenta, founded in 569. It was built as a single hall, enlarged to three naves in the 12th century and later reduced to one nave. The pentagonal apse has three round-arched windows, and much of the original floor lies about three metres below the present ground level.

The church was founded in 569 by an archbishop from Ravenna and served as the starting point for the first human settlements in the area. This religious site shaped the development of Argenta over several centuries.

The dedication to Saint George is read on the 1122 portal: the lunette shows his martyrdom on the spiked wheel, his naked body blessed by the hand of God and held by two clothed men. The six vertical figures on the inner jambs, two per side, represent the twelve months.

The building is accessible via a small road near a natural reserve and can be visited by walking around the exterior. The elevated location offers good views of the surrounding landscape and the nearby river area.

The 1122 portal is signed on the lintel borders by Iohannes de Mutiglianus, one of the earliest named Romanesque sculptors. Its six vertical reliefs on the inner jambs show the twelve months, while the architrave carries confronted griffins and two nearly erased figures thought to be Adam and Eve.