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Historical Archive: Church of San Francesco, Pescia thirteenth century façade 1298, restored 1505, upper level added 1718-20 bell tower Carlo Antonio Arrighi, 1718-1719 nave roof raised and most frescoes destroyed 1718-20 restored 1911 to 1930 with rebuilt nave and transept ceilings (beams) restoration and consolidation 2011-present The conventual buildings now house legal courts. west façade west façade, entry to cloister on right west façade with north chapels church from Piazza San Francesco, cloister on right Piazza San Francesco east end and conventual buildings from Via di Boboli east end with bell tower from Via di Boboli east end from Via Antonio Nieri northeast corner from Via Antonio Nieri nave to northeast nave to east nave, transept, apse to east; chapel of St. Anne, Obizzi Chapel, Nucci-Salutati Chapel transept arches; on right Coronation of the Virgin Obizzi Chapel, vault: evangelists, Antonio Vite c.1388 nave and transept to southeast; on right Buonvincini altar, 1577 nave to southeast south wall with Mainardi altar and Berlinghieri St. Francis Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, St. Francis, which has its own page nave to southwest nave to west nave to northwest; on right altar of St. Joseph Andrea Cavalcanti (il Buggiano), Cardini (Trinity) chapel, 1453-58, with contemporary altar Crucifix from circle of Giuliano da Maiano, fresco Neri di Bicci 1458, Cardini chapel Chapel of the Immaculate Conception c.1550-1600, altar 1564-77; ornamentation Giovan Battista Ceceri 18th c.; restored 1929-30 as Chapel of the Fallen Chapel of the Immaculate Conception to north/northwest Alessandro Bardelli, Gloria di Angeli 1624, painting formerly surrounding the Berlinghieri (here in a copy) lion and man, poss. from a pulpit, c.1200? north transept: Jacopo Ligozzi, 1595 Martyrdom of St. Dorothy; movable wooden altar and lectern 1992 south transept; on right Serponti altar with St. Charles Borromeo in prayer, Rodomonte Pieri and Francesco Nardi 1642 cloister to northeast cloister to northeast, with more of bell tower cloister to east cloister east and south walks cloister west walk to northeast cloister to northeast cloister north walk, enclosed and upper level added 1644 cloister to northwest cloister east walk to north cloister south and east walks cloister south walk to west with Piazza San Francesco entrance