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The Basilica di San Frediano is one of Lucca's oldest and most striking churches, immediately recognisable by the enormous 13th-century golden mosaic of the Ascension on its upper façade. The interior houses romanesque carved capitals and a remarkable 12th-century baptismal font.
Originally built in the 6th century by the Irish bishop Frediano (Finnian), the church was reconstructed in the 12th century in its present Romanesque form. The façade mosaic was added around 1260 and restored in the 19th century.