/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
/ Collegio Ferdinando, via Santa Maria
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The college is part of a renewal program of the University of Pisa, the main study centre of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. Ferdinand I wanted to open its doors to all deserving students, even those who…
/ Museum of Calculation Instruments and Museum of Physics Instruments, in the old slaughterhouses
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3903 e 3904 e 3905 e 3908[/ITINERARI] [CORPO] Vecchi Macelli (Old slaughterhouses) of Pisa, built at the end of the 19th century, but never completely used. The slaughterhouses were the largest structures, but there were also…
/ Royal Palace, Lungarno Pacinotti
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 e 3905[/ITINERARI] [CORPO]The Royal Palace, or Granducale, stands on the area of the ancient palace of the Marquises of Tuscia and the tower houses of the wealthy Dodi and Caetani families. In 1583, the palace was…
/ Palazzo Ricucchi, lungarno Pacinotti
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] It originally had a public porch under the Bocci tower and although the façade shows medieval elements, such as the coats of arms of the Ricucchi family and the dual tone of the royal lines, the…
/ Arsenals and Cittadella
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3901 e 3904[/ITINERARI] [CORPO] Republican Arsenal and Citadella: a great water basin within the walls, dated 1160. The structure was impressive, so much so that King Alfonso IV of Aragon, when he commissioned the construction…
/ Palazzo Blu, lungarno Gambacorti
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3906 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The palace is one of the most characteristic of the Pisan Lungarno. Founded by Doge Giovanni dell'Agnello in 1356 over a pre-existing nucleus of tower houses dating from the 12th and 13th centuries (…
/ Palazzo Gambacorti, corso Italia
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3901 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] Defined Pallaxio in the documents of the time, it was built near the church of San Sebastiano in Kinzica (now disappeared). The construction dates back to c. 1370, built at the behest of Pietro…
/ Palazzo Vincenti, corso Italia
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3906[/ITINERARI] [CORPO] At no. 61 of Corso Italia we find Palazzo Vincenti, a medieval building restored by the French Vincenti family in the 18th century. In 1924, it became the seat of the Chamber of Commerce of Pisa (today…
/ Palazzo dell'Abbondanza or Triglia, vicolo Rosselmini
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI]3901 e 3906 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] One of Administartions typical of the city of Pisa was the Abbondanza (Abundance), established in the mid-fourteenth century by Andrea Gambacorti and entrusted to six citizens, called i Sei del…
/ Rivers and ditches office, Lungarno Galilei
[SEZIONE] [ITINERARI] 3902 [/ITINERARI] [CORPO] The Judiciary of the Sea Consuls was born in 1475 at the behest of Lorenzo de’ Medici, called the Magnificent. The task of the Sea Consuls was to monitor and take care of the ditches, canals, bridges…