Massa Cathedral

[a][1] The church originated as a pieve dedicated to Saint Peter, enlarged in the 16th and 17th century.

In 1672, the building collapsed, and at the end of the century was replaced by a new one, designed by Alessandro Bergamini.

This church had a large marble high altar, with further altars in the transept, and paintings by Carlo Maratta (Mary Immaculate) and Luigi Garzi (Trinity in Glory with Saints), which have been preserved until today.

Behind the south transept altar is the burial chapel of the Malaspina family, commissioned by duke Alberico II.

In 1822, at the creation of the diocese of Massa, the church of St. Francis was declared its cathedral.