/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

/ 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…

Mon, 08/23/2021 - 14:42

/ 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…

Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:59

/ 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…

Wed, 03/31/2021 - 12:04

/ 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…

Wed, 03/31/2021 - 11:52

/ 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…

Wed, 03/31/2021 - 16:17

/ 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…

Tue, 07/20/2021 - 17:51

/ 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…

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 11:53

/ 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…

Wed, 05/26/2021 - 14:52

/ 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…

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 16:15

/ 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…

Thu, 04/01/2021 - 16:19