Pisa - Not Only a Tower2

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Piazza del Duomo

Santa Maria della Spina

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno

Piazza dei Cavalieri

San Pietro in Vinculis

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa.

Although Pisa is known worldwide for its Leaning Tower (the bell tower of the city's cathedral), the city of over 88,332 residents (around 200,000 with the metropolitan area) contains more than 20 other historic churches, several palaces and various bridges across the River Arno. The city is also home of the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century.

The campanile (bell tower) is located behind the cathedral. The last of the three major buildings on the piazza to be built, construction of the bell tower began in 1691 and took place in three stages over the course of 177 years, with the bell-chamber only added in 1889

While the Leaning Tower is the most famous image of the city, it is one of many works of art and architecture in the city's Piazza del Duomo, also known, since 20th century, as Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles)The Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") is a wide, walled area to the north of central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. Partly paved and partly grassed, it is dominated by four great religious edifices: the Duomo (cathedral), the Campanile (the cathedral's free standing bell tower), the Baptistry and the Camposanto.

the baptistry

the baptistryIt is the largest baptistery in Italy. Its circumference

measures 107.25 m. The octagonal font at the centre dates from 1775 and was

made by Guido Bigarelli da Como.

Font by Guido Bigarelli da Como (detail)

Font by Guido Bigarelli da Como (detail)

Detail of pulpit from cathedral Santa Maria Assunta

Chest from cathedral Santa Maria Assunta

Lunette above the middle door of the cathedral, Blessed Mary by Giuseppe Modenada Lucca

The massive bronze doors on the façade were made by several Florentine artists in the seventeenth century

The Campo Santo, also known as Camposanto Monumentale ("monumental cemetery") is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Piazza del Duomo. The building was the fourth and last one to be raised in the Cathedral Square. It was erected over the earlier burial ground. The construction of this huge, oblong Gothic cloister was begun in 1278

On 27 July 1944, a bomb fragment from an Allied raid started a fire. Due to all the water tanks being controlled, the fire could not be put out in time, and it burnt the wooden rafters and melted the lead of the roof. The destruction of the roof severely damaged everything inside the cemetery, destroying most of the sculptures and sarcophagi and compromising all the frescoes.

Francesco Traini's fresco with the name "Trionfo della Morte", dated around 1350.





The Triumph of Death (detail)



In 1944 Pisa was attacked for 45 consecutive days: 57 bombings, over 3000 civilians killed and 50% of the buildings were destroyed

The Knights’ Square (Italian: Piazza dei Cavalieri) is one of the most important landmarks in Pisa, Italy, and the second main square of the city. This square was the political centre in medieval Pisa.

The beautiful building behind the statue is called Palazzo della Carovana. It was built by Vasari in 1562 and it's home to the Scuola Normale Superiore created by Napoleon. Vasari, the famous architect of the Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici of Florence designed also the Church of the Knights of the Holy and Military Order of St. Stephen (1565–1569), but it was mainly built by other architects.

The Church of the Knights of the Holy and Military Order of St. Stephen (1565–1569), the only church in Pisa in Renaissance style. It contains Turkish naval banners captured by the Knights of St. Stephen during the naval battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571.

Palazzo del Consiglio dei Dodici in the Knights’ Square (Piazza dei Cavalieri)

Palazzo dell'Orologio in the Knights’ Square (Piazza dei Cavalieri)

San Michele in Borgo was built in the late 10th to early 11th century outside the walls of the city, over an ancient temple dedicated to Mars. The façade is from the 14th century. The upper part has three order of typically Pisane Gothic loggias. There are three portals, also in Gothic style and with lunettes; the main one is surmounted by a tabernacle with "Madonna and Child" by Lupo di Francesco (the original is in the city's Museum of St Matthew).

San Pietro in Vinculis was built by the Augustinians in 1072-1118 over a pre-existing edifice. The structure follows the Pisane Romanesque style established by Buscheto. It has a nave and two aisles with apses. The façade is articulated by pilaster strips, blind arches, oculi (small circular windows), lozenges and mullioned windows.




Santa Maria della Spina Gothic church in Pisa erected in 1230

Santa Maria della Spina

The Church of San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno, formerly called ''Duomo Vecchio'' (old cathedral) on account of the function it fulfilled before the completion of the Church of Santa Maria Assunta In the Field of Miracles, was founded between the 9th

and 10th centuries.

A wonderful example of Pisan Romanesque architecture, the church has recently been restored and brought back to its essential features. The grand interior features a nave and two side aisles separated by imposing granite columns topped by capitals decorated with archaic figures.

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno Column Romanic Medieval Church marble facade

The exterior has bichrome marble bands which re-use Roman stones. The façade, designed in the 12th century, but completed in 14th maybe by Giovanni Pisano, has two corps with pilaster strips, blind arches, marble intarsias and three orders of loggias in the upper section.

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno Details

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno DetailsDuring the Second World War, this church, like many in Pisa, suffered damage

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