Square

Piazza del Duomo

🏛 World Heritage Site

Piazza del Duomo, known locally as Piazza dei Miracoli, is a walled 8.87-hectare complex in central Pisa that gathers four great religious edifices around a celestial Axis of medieval art. Dominating the space is Pisa Cathedral, or the Duomo, begun in 1064 to designs by Buscheto, and noted for its Pisan Romanesque architecture, with a Byzantine influence visible in the interior mosaics and pointed arches. Flanking the cathedral are the Baptistery and the Leaning Tower, the cathedral’s campanile, along with the Camposanto Monumentale, the monumental cemetery that completes the quartet of institutions around the square. The square’s construction and layout set a model for a distinctive, cohesive architectural ensemble—grey marble and white stone façades punctuated by discs of coloured marble, reflecting the era’s ambition and faith. …
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