Santa Maria della Spina: Overall view of facade and roof with spires and finials

The fa\u00E7ade has two gates with linteled arches. Between these is the tabernacle with the statues of Madonna with the Child and two Angels, attributed to Giovanni Pisano.\u000a\u000aThe church, erected in 1230, was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo: the new name of Spina ('thorn') derives from the presence of a thorn from the Crown of Thorns, brought here in 1333. In 1871 the church was dismantled and rebuilt on a higher level due to dangerous infiltration of water from the Arno river: the church was slightly altered in the process, however. The fa\u00E7ade has two gates with linteled arches. Between these is the tabernacle with the statues of Madonna with the Child and two Angels, attributed to Giovanni Pisano.