© Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0Leaning Tower of PisaPisaThe Leaning Tower stands on Pisa’s Cathedral Square beside the cathedral and the baptistery. Built as the freestanding bell tower of the cathedral, it leans almost four degrees because its shallow three-metre foundations rest on soft, unstable ground. Construction began in the 12th century and took nearly two… read moreOpen place
© StevenL · CC BY-SA 3.0Province of PisaToskanaThe Province of Pisa lies in western Tuscany, stretching from the Arno’s alluvial plain to the Ligurian Sea. Its landscape shifts from flat riverlands near the capital to rolling hills and mountains in the south and east. The province borders Lucca to the north, Florence and Siena to the east, and Grosseto to the… read moreOpen place
© Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 dePiazza del Duomo, PisaPisaThe Piazza dei Miracoli stands in Pisa’s old city as a walled square of eight and a half hectares. The compound belongs to the Catholic Church and holds four great buildings: the Pisa Cathedral, the Baptistery, the Leaning Tower, and the Monumental Cemetery. A hospital once stood here too, now home to museums of… read moreOpen place
© Saffron Blaze · CC BY-SA 3.0Pisa CathedralPisaPisa Cathedral stands in the Piazza dei Miracoli, the heart of Pisa’s old town. It is a vast medieval church built of white and grey marble, begun in 1064 by the architect Buscheto and consecrated in 1118. The building mixes Romanesque forms with Byzantine, Islamic and classical details gathered from Pisan merchants’… read moreOpen place
© PaestumPaestum · CC BY 4.0Baptistry of San GiovanniPisaThe Baptistery of San Giovanni stands in Pisa’s Piazza dei Miracoli, a circular marble church begun in 1152 by Diotisalvi. It rises 55 metres high and measures 34 metres across, making it Italy’s largest baptistery. The lower walls show Romanesque arches while the upper levels shift to Gothic pointed forms. The east… read moreOpen place
© Luca Aless · CC BY-SA 4.0Campo santoPisaThe Camposanto Monumentale stands on the northern edge of Pisa’s Cathedral Square. Built around a legend of sacred soil brought from Golgotha in the 12th century, it occupies the site of the old church of Santa Reparata. The vast Gothic cloister was begun in 1278 by Giovanni di Simone and completed only in the 15th… read moreOpen place
© Sailko · CC BY 3.0Pisa Botanic Garden and MuseumPisaThe Orto botanico di Pisa is a university botanical garden in the city of Pisa. Founded in 1544 under Cosimo I de’ Medici, it is the first university garden of its kind in Europe. Luca Ghini, a noted botanist, organised the original collection. The garden moved twice before settling in its present site near the… read moreOpen place
© Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 deArena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo AnconetaniPisaArena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani stands in Pisa, a city on the Arno River in Tuscany. Built in 1919, it is mainly used for football and serves as home to Pisa S.C. The ground holds 25,000 seats, though only 12,508 are currently approved for use. The stadium honours Romeo Anconetani, a colourful Italian… read moreOpen place
© LigaDue · CC BY-SA 4.0Arena MetatoSan Giuliano TermeArena Metato is a small village in Tuscany, central Italy. It sits about seven kilometres from Pisa and ten kilometres from San Giuliano Terme. The village formed when two hamlets, Arena and Metato, merged long ago. Arena once had 204 people, while Metato had 1,911. Today the combined name covers both places. It is… read moreOpen place
© Joanbanjo · CC BY-SA 3.0Santa Maria della SpinaPisaSanta Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church in Pisa, standing beside the Arno. Built around 1230 and enlarged after 1325, it was originally called Santa Maria di Pontenovo for a nearby bridge that collapsed in the 15th century. Its name comes from a relic said to be a thorn from Christ’s crown of thorns, brought… read moreOpen place
