/ URBAN ARCHITECTURE
/ Piazza Cairoli for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Pisans still call it by the old name and you will find it written somewhere in the square: look around, did you find the plate? (Answer 1 at the bottom of the page) Cairoli is the surname of 5…
/ Piazza Martiri della Libertà for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]In this square you could find the farmers' market, or, in the afternoon, many children playing. Benches and plane trees surround it and in the centre there is a statue of a gentleman, do you know who…
/ Piazza dei Cavalieri for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The statue located in this square portrays Cosimo I dei Medici. He established the new order of the Knights of Santo Stefano in 1562. This religious and military order had the task of defending the…
/ Piazza dei Miracoli for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Why is the square called this way? Choose one of the following options! Miracles happen here. Miracoli is the name of the architect who began the work. The name was given by a poet. Reminds of the…
/ Above the Walls for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3908 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Look between one rock and another, how many flowers and plants sprout with force! Could you recognise any of them? Do you know how many species have been identified so far? What do you think? 5; 16; 22…
/ Wooden Tower for the little ones
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3908[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Here we are, at the entrance to the Walls of Pisa, you can go up from here and get to Piazza dei Miracoli! The tower looks like an ancient wooden tower, but it was built on the occasion of the restoration…
/ Spedalinghi courtyard, Santa Chiara hospital
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3904 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Spedalinghi courtyard was the first nucleus of the hospital built by Alessandro IV between 1254 and 1258 as a sign of expiation for the Pisans incurred, in 1241, in a 16-year excommunication for…
/ Porta Buozzi , Santa Chiara hospital
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3904 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]In 1909, a major extension of the hospital of Santa Chiara led to the demolition of a long stretch of medieval walls. The only remaining piece of the walls inside the hospital is the thirteenth-century…
/ Cittadella bridge
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3904 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Pons maris or novus degatie maris connected the Castellaccio, from which the Torre Guelfa stands out, and the Degazia Nuova gate and the two entrance arches are still visible. The bridge of the…
/ Former C.P.T. station
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3904 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The demolition of the walls of Pisa has spared the stretch that extends along via Nino Bixio, where a neo-medieval castle is located, once a terminus station of the railway that led from Pisa to the…