![]() Usually the night life revolves around two mains squares: Piazza Garibaldi and Piazza Vettovaglie, where students may enjoy the Italian “aperitivo” (happy hour). Pisa’s city centre offers a wide range of meeting places such as bars, pubs, restaurants, pizzerias and discos. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, begun in 1174 and completed in the 14 th century, is also round and is constructed throughout of white marble, inlaid on the exterior with coloured marbles. The circular baptistery, begun in 1152 but only completed in the 14 th century and the interior contains a wonderful hexagonal pulpit completed in 1260 by Nicola Pisano. It also features a bronze door built by Bonanno Pisano, which shows biblical scenes. The cathedral has a nave with double-vaulted aisles and transepts with single-vaulted ones, and a cupola at the intersection of the two axes and inside there is a splendid decagonal pulpit carved in white marble by Giovanni Pisano. This piazza contains the Duomo, the baptistery, the Leaning Tower and the camposanto (cemetery).īoth the cathedral and the baptistery are built of white marble with strips of black in the Pisan Romanesque style, which features colonnades and the decorative use of pointed arches. ![]() Pisa is characterised by a remarkable group of buildings in Piazza del Duomo, the so-called Piazza dei Miracoli (Square of Miracles). ![]() The first monument that comes to mind when thinking of Pisa is the famous Leaning Tower, however there are several other things that are worth to visit in Pisa.
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