Pieve di San Lorenzo, Pre-Romanesque church in Settimo Vittone, Italy

Pieve di San Lorenzo is a pre-Romanesque church with a single nave and an apparent Latin-cross plan, its presbytery marked by three barrel-vaulted niches. It is built of local cobbles and stone chips, with roofs of lose, natural stone slabs. Beside it stands the octagonal baptistery of San Giovanni Battista, covered by a segmented vault and joined to the church by a later passage on the south side.

The church was founded in the second half of the 9th century as a religious center in the region. Defensive structures were added during the 10th century, transforming it into a protected complex that reflected its growing importance.

The walls of the church and of the corridor leading to the baptistery are almost entirely covered with frescoes spanning nearly three centuries, from the first half of the 12th to the late 15th century. The oldest are fragments of a Last Judgment in the apse arch; on the right wall are a 13th-century Saint Michael weighing souls, a signed figure by "Guilielmus de Orta", the Miracle of Saint Nicholas and an Adoration of the Magi.

The site sits on a hillside accessible by various pathways on foot. Visitors should expect narrow stairs and rocky paths, particularly if visiting on weekends during the warmer months.

The complex is listed as a "monumento segnalato dal FAI", a status given by Italy's Fondo Ambiente Italiano. The octagonal baptistery was originally separate from the church; a passage on its south side was built later to join the two. A brick bell tower was added above the baptistery vault, probably in the 13th century.