Pisa: Where History Leans Into The Future

A church in Pisa, built for the Order of Knights of St Stephan, founded by Grand Duke Cosimo de' Medici to fight Saracen piracy, with a white marble facade designed by Don Giovanni de' Medici and a bell-tower completed by Giovanni Fancelli.

A medieval palace in Pisa, formerly housing the captain of the people and featuring a tower where the legendary story of Ugolino della Gherardesca took place.

A church building in Pisa, Italy, consecrated in 1133, featuring a Pisane-Romanesque style architecture with pilaster strips and a hut-shaped ceiling, housing ancient decorations and artifacts.

A museum of ancient Egyptian antiquities, housing a collection of artifacts from Egypt, Nubia, and North Africa, featuring exhibits with didactic and documentary value, open to the public from Tuesday to Sunday.

A Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church, San Frediano features a blind arcade façade with lozenges, marble columns with sculpted capitals, and a 12th-century wooden cross with gilded panel. The interior is a basilica plan with central nave and aisles.

A Gothic-style church built in the 10th-11th century, featuring a 14th-century façade with Pisane loggias and three portals, housing a crucifix attributed to Nino Pisano, paintings, and remains of frescoes from the 13th century.

A church building, the Church of the Santo Sepolcro in Pisa, Italy, was built in the early 12th century and has an octagonal plan, with a central tambour supported by ogival arches and crowned by a conic cusp.

A palace in Pisa, Italy, Palazzo Lanfranchi was reconstructed from 1539 to 1555, uniting medieval towers and houses into a single complex. It currently serves as the home of the Museo della Grafica, featuring a collection of prints and engravings.

A gem of Gothic architecture in Italy, Santa Maria della Spina is a museum of a public entity, constructed around 1230 in the Pisan Gothic style, characterized by intricate stone carvings and statues.

A museum housed in a former royal palazzo, featuring paintings, sculpture, tapestries, and decorative arts, and operated by the Direzione regionale Musei since 2019.

A 12th-century church, San Nicola, is mentioned for the first time in 1097 and features a façade with 12th-century intarsia, pilaster strips, blind arches, and lozenges.

A botanical garden and museum, the Orto botanico di Pisa is the first university botanical garden in Europe, established in 1544 and featuring a gallery of natural objects, a library, and a collection of herb gardens and arboreta.

A Roman Catholic church in Pisa, featuring a 17th-century portal fresco and containing relics, a 15th-16th-century wooden Crucifix, and a marble Annunciation by Stoldo Lorenzi.

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo is a religious museum showcasing the treasures of Pisa Cathedral, including artworks, sculptures, and artifacts removed from the monuments for restoration and conservation purposes.

A church tower, also known as the Campanile of Pisa, famous for its nearly four-degree lean due to an unstable foundation.

A religious museum and the medieval cathedral of the Archdiocese of Pisa, dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta, featuring a mix of Byzantine and Romanesque architectural styles, with mosaics, frescoes, and intricate stone carvings throughout its interior.

A Gothic-style baptistery in Pisa, Italy, characterized by an octagonal font and a famous pulpit sculpted by Nicola Pisano, featuring classical forms and antique representations.