The evocative Pieve di Pisignano was probably built in the 10th century (the oldest document dates back to 977) on a majestic sand dune, on the outskirts of the Roman centuriazione of Cesena. In 1473, Pope Sixtus IV united the pieve with his possessions and dedicated it to the Augustinian nuns of the Most Holy Annunciation of Venice, known as the nuns of St. Lucia. After the Battle of Ravenna in 1512, fought between the French and the Spanish, the Pieve was destroyed by the scattered troops and subsequently rebuilt by the nuns in 1521. Six years later, it was consecrated to the protomartyr Saint Stephen: two marble plaques on the facade and in the apse testify to these important events. Over the centuries, the Pieve has been defaced by Baroque additions, but it has finally been restored to its original Romanesque style on two occasions (1911-12 and 1979-82), thanks to the efforts of the parish priests Don Romualdo Turchetti and Don Giuseppe Senni, as well as the intervention of the Superintendence for Environmental and Architectural Heritage. The name "Pieve" derives from the Latin "plebs-plebis," which means "people." Today, this precious historical testimony is immersed in the greenery of a park, where it is also possible to admire a Roman milestone dating back to the 1st century AD.