/ MUSEUMS
/ Palazzo Lanfranchi, lungarno Galilei
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Palazzo Lanfranchi was born from the combination of as many as eight tower houses from the twelfth century. The palace, which belonged to the Stefani family, wealthy wool merchants in the 14th century,…
/ Church of San Paolo all'Orto and Gipsoteca
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The church is documented from 1086 as a regular rectory. Entrusted to the Dominican nuns of Sant'Agostino, in 1819 it passed to the Confraternity of Santa Barbara, which restored most of the…
/ National Museum of San Matteo
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 e 3905 [/ITINERARI] [SOMMARIO]A fascinating journey in the most complete medieval art museum in Italy[/SOMMARIO] [CORPO]A treasure chest of medieval art, which contains many of the wonders once scattered among the numerous…
/ Museo della Certosa di Pisa, Calci (The Charterhouse of Pisa, Museum)
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3905 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Founded in 1366 in the hamlet of Calci, a few kilometres from Pisa, over the centuries the Carthusian monastery of Pisa has become one of the most beautiful in Italy. From the original medieval layout,…
/ Cathedral Place, Museum of Preparatory Drawings
vThe premises of the museum are in the ancient Spedale Nuovo, built in mid 13th century, by will of Pope Alexander IV to be a “pellegrinaio” (refuge for pilgrims) to record the reconciliation between Pisa and the Holy See. We owe the Spedale to…
/ Cathedral Place, Opera Museum
The Museum premises were first built to house the Canons, in the 9th century. The cloister was completed in the mid 1200s, although the cure was not. Over time, the building had several functions, until finally, after undergoing drastic alterations…
/ Palazzo Reale, National Museum
The present appearance of the Royal Palace, home to the dynasties that governed Pisa in modern times, is the result of rebuilding during the late 16th century, by will of Francesco I de’ Medici, who decided to abandon the “Palazzo Vecchio” situated…
/ Museo Nazionale di S. Matteo, National Museum
The museum is housed in the rooms of the old Benedictine convent of S. Matteo in Soarta (11th century) very little of which remains after alterations and restoration after the last war, apart from the church and a few pieces of medieval wall. The…
/ Museo delle navi romane (Arsenali Medicei)
LO SCAVO Nel 1998, poco fuori l’antica cerchia delle mura di Pisa, verso il mare, le Ferrovie iniziarono lavori di scavo a fianco della stazione di Pisa San Rossore. Immediatamente emersero oggetti di legno di cui gli archeologi compresero l’…
/ Gipsoteca arte antica
The University of Pisa collection of plaster casts was initiated by Gherardo Ghirardini, professor at Pisa University and an important Italian archaeologist in post-unification cultural circles (1887). It was originally intended as an experimental…