/ HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
/ Palazzo della Scuola Sant’Anna
The Scuola Superiore S. Anna has occupied this building since 1987; Benedictine nuns, originally from S. Paolo di Pugnano (1086), who had moved to this convent (known at the time as S. Anna al Renaio) in 1275, began building it and the church of St…
/ Palazzo Salviati
The 14th century coats of arms that decorate the facade of this palazzo belonged to the first owners, the Ciampolini family, very rich Pisan merchants. In the mid 1400s, the Salviati family bought the building and installed a branch of their bank.…
/ Palazzo Roncioni
The coat of arms of the Roncioni family, representing a robust horse - a “concione” or “ronzone” – is displayed on the mid 17th century facade of the palace. A little further along the river is scalo Roncioni, one of the last remaining accesses to…
/ Palazzo Reale, Royal Palace
Built between 1583 and 1587 by will of the Grand Duke Francis I de’ Medici, to a plan by the Florentine architect Bernardo Buontalenti, the palace is situated in a prestigious area of Pisa, where the residence of the Marquis of Tuscia stood in the…
/ Palazzo Pretorio
The Government building or palazzo Pretorio, Headquarters of the Government Auditor and the Civil and Criminal Chancery, was one of the buildings involved in the process of renovation undertaken in the 18th and 19th centuries, that aimed to alter…
/ Palazzo Mosca , inizio XII- XVII secolo
The building on the Lungarno known as Palazzo Mosca is a combination of several towers. The oldest, dating from the end of the 12th century is the one with free-standing pilasters built on the façade entirely of stone, coupled at the top by a…
/ Palazzo Lanfreducci, called ‘Alla Giornata’
Now the home of Pisa University Chancellorship, this is one of the most interesting early 18th century buildings in Pisa. It was designed by Cosimo Pugliani, a Florentine architect connected to the Court who designed many adaptations in Pisa. Work…
/ Palazzo della Canonica, The Canons’ Palace
In 1567 Cosimo I donated the medieval buildings standing between via Ulisse Dini and via S. Frediano to provide quarters for the Knight-priests, an important and influential division of the Order of Knights of St. Stephen.Giorgio Vasari was charged…
/ Piazza dei Cavalieri: Palazzo dell’Orologio
The Palazzo dell'Orologio faces piazza dei Cavalieri. Archaeologists have discovered that this area was already inhabited by the Etruscans. The palazzo was created in the 17th century by linking two medieval buildings, when the square was re-styled…
/ Palazzo dell’Arcivescovado, The Archbishop’s Palace
The Archbishop’s Palace today is the result of renovations under the prelate Philip de’ Medici (mid 15th century) by the architects Francione and Baccio Pontelli, who created the inner courtyard surrounded by white marble columns. The façade,…