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2. Piazza dei Miracoli - Wikipedia

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   Piazza dei Miracoli. The Piazza dei Miracoli (Italian: [ˈpjattsa dei miˈraːkoli]; 'Square of Miracles'), formally known as Piazza del Duomo ('Cathedral Square'), is a walled 8.87-hectare (21.9-acre) compound in central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of the finest architectural complexes in the world. [1]

3. Pisa - Wikipedia

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   Football is the main sport in Pisa; the local team, A.C. Pisa, currently [27] plays in the Serie B (the second highest football division in Italy), and has had a top flight history throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, featuring several world-class players such as Diego Simeone, Christian Vieri and Dunga during this time.

4. Pisa Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   Detail of the facade of the cathedral. Pisa Cathedral (Italian: Duomo di Pisa), officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta), is a medieval Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldest of the three structures in the plaza followed ...

5. San Piero a Grado - Wikipedia

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   San Piero a Grado (Italian: Basilica di San Pietro Apostolo) is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, in the eponymous frazione 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the city center. . The church is located where once was a now disappeared port of the Pisan Republic, where, according to the legend, St. Peter landed in Italy from Antiochia in 44

6. Leaning Tower of Pisa - Wikipedia

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   Reference. 395. Inscription. 1987 (11th Session) The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza, - ˈpiːsa] [1]), or simply the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa), is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable ...

7. Pisa Baptistery - Wikipedia

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   The Pisa Baptistery of St. John (Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical building in Pisa, Italy.Construction started in 1152 to replace an older baptistery, and when it was completed in 1363, it became the second building, in chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Duomo di Pisa and the cathedral's free-standing campanile, the famous Leaning ...

8. Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa - Wikipedia

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   Piazza dei Cavalieri (lit. 'Knights' Square') is a landmark in Pisa, Italy, and the second main square of the city. This square was the political centre in medieval Pisa. After the middle of 16th century the square became the headquarters of the Order of the Knights of St. Stephen. Now it is a centre of education, being the main house of the ...

9. Santa Maria della Spina - Wikipedia

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   Santa Maria della Spina, west front The south side of the church. Santa Maria della Spina is a small church in the Italian city of Pisa.The church, erected around 1230 in the Pisan Gothic style, and enlarged after 1325, [1] was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo for the newer bridge [2] that existed nearby, collapsed in the 15th century, and was never rebuilt.