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/ Statue of Ulisse Dini, via U. Dini
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3903[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The bronze sculpture of Ulisse Dini was built in 1927 by Leonardo Bistolfi to commemorate, with admirable resemblance, the great mathematician, very dear to the city. Born in Pisa in 1845, he was a pupil…
/ Church of San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Look how wonderful it is! Does it remind you of another church you saw in Pisa? (Answer 1 at the bottom of the page). This church, although it never was, is called 'the old Cathedral', perhaps due…
/ 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…
/ Piazza dei Miracoli for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Why is the square called this way? Choose one of the following options! Miracles happen here. Miracoli is the name of the architect who began the work. The name was given by a poet. Reminds of the…
/ Tower of Pisa
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 e 3911[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Bell tower or Tower of Pisa. It is curious that a bell tower that does not even bear the name of its creator has become, thanks to its lean, the most famous monument in the world. Sometimes '…
/ Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, piazza del Duomo
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901[/ITINERARI] [CORPO] Conceived by the genius of Busketo (whose remains rest in a Roman sarcophagus, part of the façade) and built starting from 1063, it was dedicated to the Assumption in honour of the victorious battle of…
/ Campo Santo, piazza del Duomo
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3906 e 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The monumental Campo Santo was built, at the behest of Archbishop Federigo Visconti, in 1276 by Giovanni di Simone (and later by Giovanni Pisano) to contain the elegant Roman sarcophagi that…
/ Baptistery of San Giovanni Battista, piazza del Duomo
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3901[/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The Baptistery of Pisa stands out for its considerable size: about 55 meters high and with a circumference of 107.24 meters, the largest in the world. Construction began in 1153 by Diotisalvi, who signed…
/ Piazza dei Cavalieri
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 e 3906[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]In the Middle Ages, when this was the Piazza delle Sette Vie (Square of the Seven Roads), since this was the number of roads that converged here, the square was overlooked by the Palazzo degli…
/ Piazza del Duomo
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 e 3904[/ITINERARI] [SOMMARIO]Strolling through the Middle Ages in Piazza dei Miracoli[/SOMMARIO] [CORPO]L’Ardea roteò nel cielo di Cristo, sul prato dei Miracoli (Ardea rotated in the sky of Christ, on the meadow of…