/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
/ Palazzo Alliata, lungarno Gambacorti
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The domus Alliata, belonging to the prestigious family from the Valdera which boasts noble descendants also in Sicily, is the result of the combination of eleven tower houses, built between the 11th…
/ Benedictine Monastery
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The church of San Benedetto a Ripa d'Arno and the adjoining monastery were built in 1393 and donated to the Benedictine nuns. Until the mid-nineteenth century, their appearance was rather rustic, with…
/ Miniati tower houses, corner of via Volta
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Between the 10th and 14th centuries Pisa had its most important period of expansion, thanks to trade and military power. The noble families began to show their wealth especially through construction,…
/ Palazzo Agonigi da Scorno, via Santa Maria
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The building was erected in the 12th century according to a vertical scheme used in the maritime city, typical of tower houses. Unlike other buildings, Palazzo Da Scorno shows a novelty in the porch on…
/ The Trovatelli Hospital
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Opened as 'Ospedale della Pace e del Principe' (Hospital of Peace and of the Prince), it later became a shelter for abandoned children and was dedicated to Blessed Domenico Vernagalli, founder in 1218…
/ Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The 16th century collections were the core of the original Chamber of Wonders. You will discover the evolutions of scientific museology, display cases with reptiles, mammals, birds, the cetacean gallery…
/ Cittadella for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Guelph tower was bombed during the Second World War and was rebuilt after the conflict. It opens on the occasion of temporary exhibitions. The statue at the base of the Tower portrays a great…
/ Piazza dei Cavalieri for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The statue located in this square portrays Cosimo I dei Medici. He established the new order of the Knights of Santo Stefano in 1562. This religious and military order had the task of defending the…
/ Casa dell'Opera and Domus Comeliana
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3904 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] From this point, it is easy to see the curvilinear path of the walls. This particularity is due to the existence, in the past, of the Aesar river, then called Auser, which broke the banks in an area…
/ Detached house in via Menorca
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3910 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, Marina di Pisa had a great development as a seaside resort. Many villas and houses built in that period have an eclectic style that…