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PISA: THE SQUARE OF MIRACLES, PART II
IN SEARCH OF THE FIRST “DIVINE” INFERNO
After the Cathedral, the Baptistery and the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, we enter now the mysterious Campo Santo.
Among Roman sarcophagi, sepulchral monuments and medieval frescoes, we will find the first representation of Dante’s Inferno: the cycle of the Triumph of Death.
According to tradition, the painter Buonamico di Buffalmacco, was hired by the devil himself to paint the aisle of the cemetery. Let’s find it out together!
Visits will be presented by local tourist guide Alessandro.
PISA: THE SQUARE OF MIRACLES
NON HABET EXEMPLUM NIVEO DE MARMORE TEMPLUM
Symbol of an ever expanding Maritime Republic, the square of the Cathedral of Pisa is today one of the most visited places in the world. The elegance and harmony of the buildings in it are an example of the creativity and engineering of medieval civilization. Unesco Site since 1987, it contains unique works of art, made by masters such as Nicola and Giovanni Pisano, Cimabue, Buffalmacco, or Andrea del Sarto.
A journey through painting, sculpture and architecture, under the watchful eye of the Leaning Tower!
Visits will be presented by local tourist guide Alessandro.
THE (DANTESQUE) HELL OF PISA
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF A MARITIME REPUBLIC
A journey to discover the events that led the city of Pisa to live one of the darkest periods of its history, cruelly exposed in one of the main passages of the Divine Comedy: the hidden truth of Count Ugolino.
A trip among the marbles of Piazza dei Miracoli to experience the artistic evolution between the two and the fourteenth century, to Piazza dei Cavalieri, under the Tower of Fame.
We will visit the Monumental Cemetery, to experience the terror of Dante in front of the fresco of the Inferno by Buffalmacco.
Visits will be presented by local tourist guide Alessandro.