* The Piazza del Duomo, also known by the poetic expression the square of miracles, is the most important artistic and tourist center of Pisa. Ranked among the World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1987, you can admire masterpieces of European Romanesque architecture, namely the monuments that form the center of the town's religious life: the cathedral, the baptistery, the cemetery and the bell tower.
* The Cathedral, the heart of the complex is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, the medieval cathedral. It is a Primate, the Archbishop of Pisa as a primate. It is a church with five naves with transept and three naves. The building, like the bell tower collapsed noticeably in the soil, and some disruptions in the building are visible, such as differences in level between the nave and extension Buscheto by Rainald of (the bays and the west facade) . Pisan Romanesque style was created precisely from this church and then exported to the rest of Tuscany, but also in Corsica and Sardinia, formerly under the control of the Republic of Pisa.
The city has a center of modern art. The most famous works are the murals in Pisa Tuttomondo by Keith Haring, the Gates of Wisdom by Pietro Cascella, the fountain in Piazza della Stazione di Arnaldo Pomodoro, the statue in the square of Kinzica Guerrazzi Angelo Ciucci and the statue of Galileo, the work of Stefania Guidi Italian sculptor. |
