Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa

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The Piazza del Duomo is a wide, walled area at the heart of the city of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the main centers for medieval art in the world. Partly paved and partly grassed, it is dominated by four great religious edifices: the Duomo (cathedral), the Campanile (the cathedral's free standing bell tower), the Baptistry and the Camposanto. In 1987 the whole square was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Above the Duomo

The piazza del Duomo is also known as Piazza dei Miracoli ("Square of Miracles"). This name was created by the Italian writer and poet Gabriele d'Annunzio who, in his novel Forse che si forse che no (1910) described the square in this way: "The Ardea rotated over the sky of Christ, over the meadow of Miracles."

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The Duomo

The heart of the Piazza del Duomo is the Duomo, the medieval cathedral, entitled to Santa Maria Assunta (St. Mary of the Assumption). This is a five-naved cathedral with a three-naved transept. The church is known also as the Primatial, the archbishop of Pisa being a Primate since 1092.

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Baptistry

The Baptistry of St. John is a religious building in Pisa. It started construction in 1152, in replacement of an older baptistry, and completed in 1363. It is the second building, in the chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Cathedral and the famous Leaning Tower.

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Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of the cathedral of the Italian city of Pisa. The height of the tower is 55.86 m from the ground on the low side and 56.70 m on the high side. Its weight is estimated at 14,500 metric tons. The tower has 296 or 294 steps

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Leaning Tower

Construction began in 1173 and the tower started leaning soon afterwards due to subsidence of the ground underneath its base. A project to keep the tower from leaning more and tipping over finally reached a successful conclusion in 2001, and the tower is again open to those wishing to climb it.

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Camposanto Monumentale

The Campo Santo, also known as Camposanto Monumentale ("monumental cemetery") is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa. A legend claims that bodies buried in that ground will rot in just 24 hours.

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Frescoes on the Camposanto Monumentale

The walls were once covered in frescoes; the first were applied in 1360, the last about three centuries later. The first was the Crucifixion by Francesco Traini, in the south western side. Then, continuing to right, in the southern side, the Last Judgement, The Hell, The Triumph of Death and the Anacoreti nella Tebaide, usually attributed to Buonamico Buffalmacco.

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The Campo Santo

The outer wall is composed of 43 blind arches. There are two doorways. The one on the right is crowned by a gracious Gothic tabernacle. It contains the Virgin Mary with Child, surrounded by four saints. It is the work from the second half of the 14th century by a follower of Giovanni Pisano. This was the original entrance door.

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Leaning Tower and Duomo

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