To enjoy these wonderful acoustics it is worth arriving early in the morning, before the building gets too busy. One of the most interesting features in the Baptistery is the simply astonishing acoustics, which echo around the interior. Many of the original statues and decorative pieces are now house in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo and some have been replaced by casts.
The vast interior is fairly plain and features one of the first great Pisano pulpits, sculpted in 1260 by Nicola Pisano and a massive, carved font.
More than 100 years later, it was worked on further and the upper part was created in a rather Gothic style and a large dome was added shortly after. Situated near to the Duomo, building commenced in 1153 by Deotisalvi, who was responsible for giving the building its famous lower Romanesque-style drum and left his name on a column by the door. These four masterpieces of medieval architecture – the cathedral, the baptistry, the campanile (the 'Leaning Tower') and the cemetery – had a great influence on monumental art in Italy from the 11th to the 14th centuryīattIstero: The circular Baptistery in Pisa is the largest of its kind in the whole of Italy, with a circumference of 104 metres / 348 feet. A fourth structure, a walled cemetery, provides an edge on the north side of the site.ĭuomo Pisa: Standing in a large green expanse, Piazza del Duomo houses a group of monuments known the world over. While these three functions had been merged in to one church in northern Europe, their existence as three individual entities is typical of Italian practice of this era. They are the renown cathedral, baptistery, and campanile. Unlike the paved piazza's typical of Italy, the Piazza del Duomo is an expansive green grassy field dominated by three monumental works of architecture in luminous dressed stone and white marble. Piazza dei Miracoli: Pisa's Piazza del Duomo, also known as Piazza dei Miracoli (Piazza of Miracles) is located north of the Arno river along a no longer existing tributary, the Auser. Tourist Attractions in Pisa around Leaning tower of Pisa:
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