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Sights

4 Giro di Sole C3

5 Museo Civico D2

6 Ospedale del Ceppo & Pistoia Sotterranea D1

Eating

7 Osteria La BotteGaia C3

8 Trattoria dell'Abbondanza B2

Drinking & Nightlife

Caffètteria Marini (see 3)

Sights

Pistoia's key sights are clustered around its beautiful cathedral square, Piazza del Duomo ,
hemmed by a maze of narrow, shaded pedestrian streets made for hapless meandering.

Museo Marino Marini
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ART GALLERY

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( www.fondazionemarinomarini.it ; Corso Fedi 30; adult/reduced €3.50/2; 10am-6pm Mon-Sat summer,
to 5pm winter) This museum-gallery inside the former Palazzo del Tau is devoted to Pis-
toia's most famous modern son, eponymous sculptor and painter Marino Marini
(1901-80). Dozens of his drawings and paintings - mainly of female nudes and horses -
hang here.
But the museum's real highlight is Cappella del Tau , the tiny 14th-century chapel, fres-
coed from head to toe and guardian of several Marini sculptures. The Miracle (1952) -
bronze, monumental and one of dozens of equestrian works by the artist - takes centre
stage.

Piazzetta degli Ortaggi
Don't miss pretty this beautiful bijou square with its laid-back cafe life and striking, life-
size sculpture of three blindfolded men, Giro di Sole MAP GOOGLE MAP (Around the Sun;
1996) by contemporary Pistoia artist Roberto Barni (b 1939). In the 18th century the mar-

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