/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
/ Ex Chiesa di San Bernardo
The Church of S. Bernardo was built in the 1400s, on the site of the old Osnello hospital (named after the founder) first mentioned in 1189. Constructed on one of the most ancient streets in this part of Pisa, it was intended to shelter pilgrims and…
/ Casino dei Nobili
The Casino dei Nobili was built in mid 18th century for the delight of the aristocracy. In those days Pisa and the Baths at San Giuliano were internationally famed resorts for tourists. The dances, gaming, receptions and occasions for genteel…
/ Casa Pardo Roques
On 1st August 1944 a group of German soldiers broke into number 22 via Sant’Andrea, the home of Giuseppe Pardo Roques, Leader of the Jewish Community in Pisa. There followed a massacre in which Pardo Roques, Dario, Teofilo e Cesare Gallichi, Ida De…
/ Casa natale di Galileo Galilei
The exact location of Galileo Galilei’s birthplace has been the object of much debate. One proposal was casa Bocca, a palazzoon a corner in Borgo. Since the birth of this great scientist was registered as taking place in the parish of Sant'Andrea,…
/ La Casa dell'Ebreo, The Jew’s House
Situated near the Campano tower, the Casa dell’Ebreo (the Jew’s House) owes its name to the fact that it was inhabited almost without interruption from the late 14th century until the second half of the 16th century by families of rich Jewish…
/ Arsenali medicei
It was Cosimo I de' Medici’s idea to build a shipyard in Pisa for the vessels of the powerful Tuscan fleet. It was part of a wider scheme to restore Pisa to its ancient splendour, after its fall into disrepair following surrender to Florence in 1509…
/ Palazzo Gambacorti
This building, now the Town Hall, is the result of a long history of adaptations and additions that, archaeological investigations have shown, began in mid 11th century, when a casa torre (tower house) now incorporated into the south side of Palazzo…
/ Palazzo Giuli Rosselmini Gualandi - Palazzo Blu
In the late middle ages, the building that today is Palazzo Blu belonged to one of the most important families in the history of Pisa, the Dell’Agnellos, who lived in two tower houses side by side. In 1356 they decided to join these to another of…
/ Palazzo Lanfranchi
This palazzo takes its name from the Lanfranchi family who re-structured it and lived in it from 1539. The building is the result of amalgamating seven towers dating from the early 13th to the second half of the 14th centuries. The first merger was…
/ Citadel Tower and Old Citadel
The area of the medieval Tersana (darsena or shipyard) expanded during 13th century at the time when military victories and the flowering of overseas commerce made it necessary for the city to find a suitable site for naval purposes. Military…