Chiesa di S. Cristoforo

The church of S. Cristoforo in Lucca is documented for the first time in 1053 and in the Middle Ages it had an important role as political headquarters of the consuls of the Cause Lucchesi.
The building is considered an emblem of the influences of Pisa on the architecture of Lucca. This interpretation is reinforced by the presence of an inscription inside the church which gives its construction to the master Diotisalvi, considered by some as the author of the Baptistery of Pisa.

A restoration in 1939-40 has removed the plaster, the baroque altars and the fifteenth-century archways with the intention of making the church a shrine to the memory of lucchesi soldiers who died in war; the names of the soldiers have been inscribed on the walls of the aisles and the church has been closed for worship.