Although Pisa is a city known chiefly for its characteristic Leaning Tower, it also holds a great many treasures worth visiting.
In addition to the famous tower, Piazza deiMiracoliis also home to the Cathedral, the Baptistry, and Camposanto Monumentale (“monumental cemetery”), where Pisa’s most illustrious figures lay buried.
As we move about the city, we will find ourselves passing by way of the picturesque Borgo Stretto, the Medieval neighbourhood where the streets are lined with ancient buildings and arcades resting on columns with capitals.
A stroll along the avenue lining the Arno River (Lungarno) will take us past Pisa’s central bridge – Ponte di Mezzo – which divides the city into two parts; we’ll admire the Church of Santa Maria della Spina, clad entirely in marble, with one side resting upon the embankment wall, or Palazzo Reale, the Royal Palace whose interior still preserves the tapestries and furnishings used by the Medici family.
Pisa
DISCOVERING THE CITY
Pisa
Lungarni
The avenueslining the Arno, the river that runs through the city of Pisa, are called Lungarni, and they are major reference points for young people and tourists.
Some of the city’s most important buildings may be found along the Lungarni, like Palazzo dei Medici and Palazzo Toscanelli, which rise on LungarnoMediceo, or the church of Santa Maria della Spina, erected on LungarnoGambacortiand set atop the river’s embankments.
The moment when the Lungarni are in their greatest splendour is 16 June, on the occasion of Luminara di San Ranieri, the festival of lights when thousands of small flames are put in place along the rivers and on the buildings, creating suggestive atmospheres.
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