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Introducing Pisa

Once a maritime power to rival Genoa and Venice, Pisa now draws its fame from an architectural project gone terribly wrong: its iconic Leaning Tower. But the world-famous tower is only one of a trio of Romanesque splendours on the green carpet of the Piazza dei Miracoli – a serious rival to Venice’s Piazza San Marco for the title of Italy’s most memorable square. Pisa has a centuries-old tradition as a university town and swarms with students (and peddlers flogging knock-off bags and watches).

Last updated: Sep 3, 2008

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Detail, 16th century bronze doors on the Cathedral - Pisa, Umbria
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Detail, 16th century bronze doors on the Cathedral - Pisa, Umbria

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  • Damien Simonis
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  • The graffiti decorated facade of Palazzo dei Cavaliee, which was redesigned by Vasari, on Piazza dei Cavalier, Pisa. Both were named after the Knights of St Stephen, a religious and military order founded by Cosimo I de' Medici.
  • Pisa's Cemetery (Camposanto).
  • Workman beneath a stone arch in a stuccoed painted wall in Pisa.
  • Tourist looking down from Leaning Tower.
  • Cathedral (Duomo) and Leaning Tower behind.
  • Statue and Leaning Tower of Pisa.
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