Pisa | 2019
Short 1 night at Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, a nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation.
Pisa Cathedral, Romanesque architecture.
[Construction on the cathedral began in 1063. It includes various stylistic elements: classical, Lombard-Emilian, Byzantine, and Islamic, drawing upon the international presence of Pisan merchants at that time. In the same year, St. Mark's Basilica began its reconstruction in Venice, evidence of a strong rivalry between the two maritime republics to see which could create the most beautiful and luxurious place of worship.]
The Pisa Baptistery of St. John.
Really small town, nothing much other than the leaning tower of Pisa, but it was really interesting to know that the Pisa Cathedral was constructed at the same time as the reconstruction of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice when I was just there hours before.