/ PARKS AND GARDENS
/ SS. Cosma and Damiano Park
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3906 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]World War II wiped out the ancient church of SS. Cosma and Damiano, documented in the 11th century. It was a small oratory with three naves, which housed a beautiful Biduino sarcophagus. On the lintel…
/ Scotto Garden
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 e 3902 e 3904 e 3906 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Sangallo Fortress, or Cittadella Nuova, rises where the ancient church of Ss. Andrea and Vincenzo in Kinzica (1093) once stood. The base of the bell tower at the entrance to the…
/ Le Piagge and San Michele degli Scalzi
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3906[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The name comes from the use, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, of the river banks as beaches equipped with bagnetti, small wooden constructions used for undressing and wearing swimwear. From…
/ Bastione del Barbagianni and parco delle Concette
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 e 3904 e 3906[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]After the violent bombardments with heavy cannonballs by the army of King Louis XII, in an attempt to help the Florentine troops during the siege of Pisa in 1503, the walls of Pisa were…
/ San Rossore estate
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 4244 e 3908[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]Located between the Arno and Serchio rivers, the sea and the Barbaricina district of Pisa, the San Rossore estate is a naturalistic oasis of great value. From Pisa it is possible to enter the…
/ Giardino Scotto
Recent archaeological excavations have revealed that Giardino Scotto area (that has not always been a park) underwent many changes. Because it was alongside the main via Aemilia Scauri, road it was probably already partially inhabited in Roman times…
/ Orto Botanico, Botanical gardens
Created by order of Cosimo I de’ Medici on the iniziative of the great botanist, Luca Ghini, the Giardino dei Semplici (Garden of Simples) is the oldest botanical garden in the world and the first to be connected to a university. The Pisan gardens…