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The Battistero di San Giovanni

The Baptistery of St John (Battistero di San Giovanni) stands on Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, opposite the west front of the cathedral. It is the largest baptistery in Italy, a round marble building begun in 1152 and finish…

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The Cattedrale di Pisa

The Cattedrale di Pisa, also known as the Duomo, is the medieval cathedral of Pisa, standing on Piazza dei Miracoli next to the Baptistery and the Leaning Tower, which is its bell tower. Begun in 1063, it is a landmark o…

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The statue of Cosimo I de' Medici

The statue of Cosimo I de' Medici stands in Piazza dei Cavalieri, the main stage of Renaissance Pisa. It honours the Florentine duke who took over the city's government in the 16th century and founded the Order of the Kn…

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the freestanding bell tower of Pisa Cathedral, standing in the Piazza del Duomo (also called the Piazza dei Miracoli) in Pisa, Italy. It is famous for its tilt, which comes from soft ground u…

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Piazza Vittorio Emmanuele II

Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II is a large square in Pisa, Italy, named after the first king of a unified Italy and centred on a statue of him. It sits in the 19th-century part of the city, away from the medieval centre and …

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The Chiesa di Santa Maria della Spina

Santa Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church on the south bank of the Arno in Pisa, covered in marble pinnacles, gables and carved niches. It was built to house a relic said to be a thorn from Christ's crown of thorn…

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