Palazzo dell'Opera della Primaziale Pisana
The Palazzo dell'Opera della Primaziale Piovana stands in the northern part of Piazza del Duomo, on the right as you face the Campo Santo, and it has long served the administration of Pisa’s sacred complex. The main body of the building preserves its original façade, dating back to at least 1309, when it housed workers of the Opera—tailors, bell-ringers, custodians, and laborers—together with their families. Expansions reached into the 18th century, though the structure has been repeatedly altered to suit changing uses. Originally built to shelter the diverse laborers of the Duomo, the palace later absorbed the capitular offices after the demolition of the Capitolo House in the mid-19th century, when the “prato della Lupa” area was reshaped. …
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