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Galileo Galilei.
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@
Centrale,
Viale Gramsci.
Piazza
Duomo (050 56 04 64). Piazza
Vittorio Emanuele 16 (050 422
91). Airport (050 50 37 00).
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Gioco del Ponte
(see p38
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and Florentine art from the
12th to the 17th centuries.
Most of the earliest works
portray the Virgin and Child.
These include Simone Martini's
fine polyptych (1321) and a
14th-century statue,
the
Madonna del
Latte
, attributed to
Nino Pisano, another
member of the talen-
ted family of sculptors.
The half-length statue,
in gilded marble,
shows Christ feeding
at his mother's breast.
A number of early
Renaissance pieces
deserve to be sought
out, particularly
Masaccio's
St Paul
(1426), Gentile da
Fabriano's radiant
15th-century
Madonna and Child
, and
Donatello's reliquary bust
of
San Rossore
(1424-7).
Virgin and Child
polyptych (1321) by Simone Martini
(1565-9), the knights' church,
stands next to the Palazzo dei
Cavalieri. Also designed by
Vasari, it has a splendid gilded
and coffered ceiling. The walls
are hung with figureheads
and battle standards. There is
also a splendid organ (look
out for notices of recitals).
On the other side of the
Palazzo dei Cavalieri is the
Palazzo dell'Orologio,
incorporating the medieval
town jail. The building, which
is now housing a library, was
the scene of a most shameful
and gruesome historical
episode. In 1288 Count
Ugolino, mayor of Pisa, was
accused of treachery and
walled up with his sons and
grandsons. The entire male
side of the Ugolino family
was wiped out.
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Museo Nazionale di
San Matteo
Piazzetta San Matteo in Soarta.
Tel
050 54 18 65.
8:30am-7pm Tue-Sun (to
1pm Sun).
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May, 15 Aug, 25 Dec.
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The medieval
convent of San
Matteo, with its
elegant Gothic
façade, is located
alongside the River
Arno. Many exhibits
in the museum
inside are poorly
labelled and the
rooms leading off
the cloister are
unnumbered. Never-
theless, the museum
presents a unique oppor-
tunity to examine the
complete sweep of Pisan
Grand Duke
Cosimo I
PISA TOWN CENTRE
Campo dei Miracoli
1
Museo Nazionale di San Matteo
5
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
3
Museo delle Sinopie
2
Piazza dei Cavalieri
4
San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno
7
Santa Maria della Spina
6
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