“Piazza dei Miracoli” in Pisa, Piazza del Duomo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, also known as "Piazza dei Miracoli" has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. The Piazza del Duomo is populated by the Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Campo Santo and the Campanile mostly known as the "Tower of Pisa". Let's see what to see in Piazza del Duomo in Pisa.

Piazza dei Miracoli or Piazza Duomo, Pisa
Piazza dei Miracoli or Piazza Duomo, Pisa

Pisa Cathedral Square it is located northwest of the city. Inside the square, known as square of Miracles, there are the most important monuments of the city: the Cathedral, Baptistery, Campo Santo , Leaning Tower also known as Tower of Pisa. since 1987 piazza del Duomo of Pisa is a World Heritage SiteUnescoPiazza del Duomo it is pedestrian and is covered and has a large lawn.

The cathedral of Pisa

La Pisa Cathedral is the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. Mail in the center of the Piazza dei Miracoli, it is a true tribute to the Romanesque style Pisan. It dates back to 1063 and was designed by the architect Buscheto. Different stylistic elements blend together: classical, Lombard-Emilian, Byzantine and in particular Islamic, proving the international presence of Pisan merchants in those times.  Since 2000, access to the Cathedral of Pisa has been regulated, distinguishing tourist use from religious use. Visiting times have been established and an entrance fee has been established, making the cathedral a museum monument. This allows for better tourist use of the building without hindering the religious function of the cathedral and ensures better conservation of the works of art preserved there.

Pisa Cathedral or Duomo di Pisa
Pisa Cathedral or Duomo di Pisa

Tower of Pisa, the leaning tower

The so-called leaning tower of Pisa (leaning tower or tower of Pisa) is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assuntain   Piazza del Duomo of which today it is the most famous monument due to its characteristic slope. It is a free-standing bell tower approximately 56 meters high above ground (58,36 meters considering the foundation plan), built over two centuries, between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries.

Weighing 14.453 tons, the curved line predominates, with turns of blind arches and six floors of loggias. Its slope is due to a subsidence of the land which occurred already in the early stages of construction. The inclination of the building currently measures 3,97° with respect to the vertical axis.

La tower of Pisa it remains in balance because the vertical that passes through its center of gravity falls inside the support base.
It has been proposed as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. After years of studies and works to reduce its inclination and make it safe, the tower was reopened to the public in the summer of 2001. Inside, a staircase of 294 steps leads to the top from which a unique spectacle opens onto the square and over the entire city of Pisa.

Construction began in August 1173 and continued with two long interruptions for about two hundred years. The foundation of the building is attributed to Bonanno Pisano, also the author of the bronze doors of the cathedral. The construction of the belfry in Giovanni di Simone in the XNUMXth century. Already during construction the tower began to lean due to subsidence of the ground. There tower of Pisa It is forbidden for minors under 8 years of age, children between 8-12 years old held by the hand during the visit, minors under 18 years of age accompanied by adults.

Tower of PisaTower of Pisa

Baptistery of Pisa

Il Baptistery of Pisa it is a monument open to the public in a manner similar to that of a museum, which is part of the complex of museums and monuments ofPisan Primate Opera. In addition to the architectural structures, the visitor can see the important works of art preserved inside.

You can go up to the galleries on the first floor from where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Square of Miracles. In the history of the construction of the entire monumental complex of Pisa Cathedral Square, Baptistery represents the first essential stage of training of Christian, on a journey that accompanies him from birth to death, from Baptism, to awareness up to post-mortem rest, all concentrated in the space of the miracle square and punctuated by the architectural masterpieces that compose it.

Baptistery of Pisa
Baptistery of Pisa

Monumental cemetery of Pisa

Il monumental camposanto of Pisa, built starting from 1278 by John of Simone, preserved an extraordinary cycle of frescoes from the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries (Taddeo Gaddi, Andrea Bonaiuti, the Master of the Triumph of Death, Benozzo Gozzoli), which suffered serious damage during the last world war.

Having completed the delicate restoration interventions which have given us back the precious pieces of medieval and early Renaissance painting, the frescoes, already seriously compromised by a long and troubled history, are now moving towards their natural and definitive relocation, returning to decorate the monumental walls of the Cemetery, their original location and therefore the only one capable of restoring the majesty of a cycle that had no equal for its time.

THEPisan Primate Opera in agreement with the Construction supervision is planning for 2006 a public presentation of the works which have affected and will affect, with the necessary pictorial restoration, the cycle of frescoes and soon visitors will be able to admire the frescoes again Cemetery in its integrity of structure and decorations. There are also 84 ancient sarcophagi and many medieval funerary monuments preserved there.

Monumental Cemetery, Pisa
Monumental Cemetery, Pisa

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