/ URBAN ARCHITECTURE
/ Lungarno Pacinotti, at the corner of via Curtatone and Montanara
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3911 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The Pisan Lungarno (the set of streets along the Arno) at the time of Leopardi maintained its medieval aspect, with piers, docks and ancient bridges that still showed their beauty. Between 1871 and…
/ City walls
The construction of the first lot near the Duomo, in tuff stone, dates back to 1154. The first strip of gray limestone, called San Giuliano marble, to the north of the city is erected from 1154 to 1161. The later bands of the northern part and the…
/ Complesso dell’Ospedale Santa Chiara
In 1257 Pope Alexander IV revoked the interdiction cast on Pisa and the Pisans by Gregory IX, on condition they built a new hospital. This was the beginnings of the Fabbrica dell’Ospedale Nuovo called “della Misericordia” or “Alexander I’s” later “…
/ Arsenali repubblicani
The earliest reference to a shipyard in Pisa is in the early 1200s when the city shipyard was built to the west immediately outside the walls. This shipyard was intended for both shipbuilding and repairs to serving galleys. In about mid-century,…
/ Via Ulisse Dini
Via Ulisse Dini goes from Borgo Stretto to Piazza dei Cavalieri. The street was named after the Pisan mathematician and Senator (1845-1918) who discovered the theorem that bears his name, and whose statue stands beside the Church of S. Stefano dei…
/ Via S. Maria, meridione
Walking southwards along via S. Maria towards the Arno, you can admire many historical buildings, evidence of the development of this part of the city beginning in the 12th century. On the corner of via Galvani is palazzo Agonigi da Scorno. It is a…
/ Via Pietro Toselli, with excavations
Via P. Toselli is the extension of via S. Martino beyond the Logge dei Banchi, and leads to the Lungarno beside Palazzo Blu. It was the main street in the “chapel” of S. Cristina in Chinzica, once a very lively area of the city, partlybecause until…
/ Sostegno and Navicelli Canal
During the reign of Cosimo I de’ Medici a canal was dug from Porta a Mare in Pisa to the Fortezza Vecchia at Livorno in order to connect the port at Livorno with Florence and the hinterland via the river Arno, Planned in 1541, it was 22 km long and…
/ Ponte di Mezzo
The bridge is 89 metres long has a single arch 12.5metres high; it is constructed in reinforced concrete and faced with white Verona stone. Destroyed by Allied bombing during the last war, it was built in its present form, to a plan chosen by the…
/ Piazza Sant’Omobono and Church of San Pietro in Palude
Piazza S. Omobono is the result of reconstruction in the mid 1500s. Whole areas of the medieval town were cleared and buildings demolished to make way for the square, as in the nearby piazza delle Vettovaglie. This area was probably already settled…