Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Campo dei Miracoli
Pisa's world famous Leaning Tower is just one of
the splendid religious buildings that rise from
the emerald-green lawns of the “Field of
Miracles”. Lying to the northwest of the city
centre, it is partnered by the Duomo, begun
in 1063, the Baptistry of 1152-1284 and the
Campo Santo cemetery begun in 1278. These
buildings combine definite Moorish elements,
such as inlaid marble in geometric patterns (arabesques),
with delicate Romanesque colonnading and spiky
Gothic niches and pinnacles.
Cemetery
memorial
Campo Santo
The cemetery contains earth
from the Holy Land and
carved Roman sarcophagi.
The domed
Cappella del
Pozzo was
added in 1594.
The Triumph of Death
These late 14th-century frescoes depict
various allegorical scenes such as this of a
knight and lady overwhelmed by the
stench of an open grave.
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Baptistry Pulpit
Nicola Pisano's
great marble
pulpit, completed
in 1260, is carved
with lively scenes
from
The Life
of Christ
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Upper gallery
