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Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
This museum (Piazza dei Miracoli; combination ticket Battistero, Camposanto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo &
Museo delle Sinópie 1/2/3/4 sights €5/7/8/9, reduced €3/4/5/6; 10am-4.30pm Jan-Feb & Nov-Dec, 9am-5.30pm
Mar, 8am-7.30pm Apr-Sep, 9am-6.30pm Oct) is a repository for works of art once displayed in the
duomo and battistero , including Giovanni Pisano's ivory carving of the Madonna and
Child (1299), made for the duomo 's high altar, and a carved griffin that once crowned its
dome. Don't miss the tranquil cloister garden with its great views of the Leaning Tower.
Camposanto
Soil shipped from Calvary during the Crusades is said to lie within the white walls of this
hauntingly beautiful cloistered quadrangle (Piazza dei Miracoli; combination ticket Battistero, Cam-
posanto, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo & Museo delle Sinópie 1/2/3/4 sights €5/7/8/9, reduced €3/4/5/6;
10am-4.30pm Jan-Feb & Nov-Dec, 9am-5.30pm Mar, 8am-7.30pm Apr-Sep, 9am-6.30pm Oct) where prominent
Pisans were once buried. Some of the sarcophagi here are of Graeco-Roman origin, re-
cycled during the Middle Ages. During WW2, Allied artillery unfortunately destroyed
many of the 14th- and 15th-century frescoes that once covered the cloister walls.
The Triumph of Death
Among the few of the Camposanto's frescoes to survive was this remarkable illustration
of Hell (1333-41) attributed to Buonamico Buffalmacco. Fortunately, the mirrors once
stuck next to the graphic images of the damned being roasted alive on spits have been re-
moved - originally, viewers would have seen their own faces in the horrific scene.
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