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En la carretera de Pisa, antes de entrar en el Foro de San Giuliano, el túnel que une las dos ciudades toscanas al otro lado de la montaña, se encuentra el antiguo y encantador pueblo de Santa Maria del Giudice, que toma su nombre, desde el siglo XII, de una familia de origen lombardo que tenía grandes propiedades aquí.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
En el pequeño pueblo, rodeado de verdes colinas, se encuentra la iglesia parroquial de San Giovanni, también conocida como la antigua iglesia parroquial, para distinguirla de la nueva iglesia parroquial (de Santa María), no muy lejana.

Terminada en la segunda mitad del siglo XII (una inscripción en el dintel del portal confirma la datación de la iglesia entre 1160 y 1170), la actual iglesia parroquial es la reconstrucción de un edificio religioso más antiguo mencionado por primera vez en el año 918, del que sólo quedan el campanario y algunas decoraciones altomedievales en las ménsulas exteriores.

La iglesia es de estilo románico pisano-lucano, con una nave y dos tramos y un ábside iluminado por tres ventanas de una sola hoja. La fachada tiene un doble orden de logias ciegas, decoradas con las típicas inserciones bicolores de piedra verde, que caracterizan a muchas otras iglesias de Lucca.
El arquitrabe de la puerta central, decorado con un motivo vegetal en espiral, y los capiteles de las columnas del interior son también de estilo clásico.