/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
/ Vincenzo Galilei's house
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3903[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Vincenzo Galilei was born in Santa Maria a Monte (Pi) in 1533 from a noble family and was one of the greatest musical theorists in Italy. He was master luthier and musical teacher and this was the reason…
/ Churches of San Giovanni de Fieri and San Bernardo, via Pietro Gori
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]On the remains of the ancient hospital of Osnello, mentioned for the first time in 1189, the new church of San Bernardo was built in 1444. Little remains of the small late-medieval oratory, since between…
/ Palazzo Quaratesi
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The building is part of the program of the 'law of convenience', issued by Cosimo I de’ Medici in 1551, which authorised the expropriation of buildings and land for the benefit of those wishing to…
/ Archbishop's Palace
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The archdiocese of Pisa includes a large part of the province, some areas of the Pisan hills south to Riparbella and the territories of Versilia and the Middle Serchio Valley. The Archbishop of Pisa has…
/ Via Livia Gereschi
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3912 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]We remember Livia Gereschi for her courage and her love of her neighbour. Livia had a degree in foreign languages and was a German teacher. During the Second World War, she was in Molina di Quosa, a…
/ Palazzo Cevoli, via San Martino
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3912 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] A 17th century palace, born from the combination of nine tower houses built between the 12th and 14th centuries: observing the façade, we can observe the restoration technique that left the stone…
/ Palazzo Salviati and the Pear, via San Martino
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 e 3902 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The inscription on the lintel reads Averardus et Antonius Philippi Salviati fecerunt. The building was owned by the Ciampolini family (their coats of arms are still present on the façade), Pisan…
/ Palazzo Agostini and Caffè dell'Ussero, lungarno Pacinotti
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Palazzo Agostini: the result of the unification of two medieval tower houses that took place in the fourteenth century by the will of the Astajo family. The façade stands out among the others on the…
/ Palazzo Chiesa, lungarno Galilei
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3911 e 3912 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] Here, on the last part of the ruined wall (a wound from the Second World War, never healed) we read, on an epigraph, the name of Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poet, together with his wife Mary…
/ Palazzo Roncioni, lungarno Mediceo
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3911 e 3912 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The façade was born from the union of the five tower houses purchased by the Roncioni family between 1630 and 1643. Indeed, we can recognise the previous medieval structures on both sides. The…