Pisa Sights

Museo delle Sinopie

#27 of 53 things to do in Pisa

#20560 of 49020 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • City Centre, 56126 Piazza dei Miracoli
  • Transport
    • 3, 4
  • Website
  • Price
    • full €5.00
  • Hours
    • 8am-8pm Apr-Sep, 9am-6pm or 7pm Mar & Oct, 10am-5pm Nov-Feb

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Lonely Planet review for Museo delle Sinopie

During WWII, Allied artillery destroyed many of the precious 14th- and 15th-century frescoes that covered the cloister walls. Among the few to survive was the Triumph of Death – a remarkable illustration of Hell attributed to 14th-century painter Buonamico Buffalmacco. A program of restoration of those frescoes damaged rather than totally destroyed by the bombs is currently underway and the sinópie (preliminary sketches) drawn by the artists in red earth pigment on the walls of the Camposanto before the frescoes were overpainted are now on display in the Sinópie Museum.

 

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