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PISA
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Nel Campo dei Miracoli
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The name "Square of Miracles was created by the
Italian writer and poet Gabriele d'Annunzio
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The Piazza del Duomo ("Cathedral Square") is a
wide, walled area at the heart of the city of
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as one of the
main centers for medieval art in the world.
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Partly paved and partly grassed, Piazza del Duomo
is dominated by four great religious edifices
the Duomo, the Leaning Tower (the cathedral's
campanile), the Baptistery and the Camposanto.
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In 1987 the whole square was declared a UNESCO
World Heritage Site.
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The Piazza del Duomo is otherwise known as Piazza
dei Miracoli ("Square of Miracles"). This name
was created by the Italian writer and poet
Gabriele d'Annunzio. Often people call it Campo
dei Miracoli ("Field of Miracles"), but this one
is a fictional magical field in the book
Pinocchio, where a gold coin seed will grow a
money tree.
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The heart of the Piazza del Duomo is, obviously,
the Duomo, the medieval cathedral, entitled to
Santa Maria Assunta, a five-naved cathedral with
a three-naved transept.
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Construction begun in 1064 by Busketo, a young
architect, maybe of oriental origins, that
created with this church the Pisan Romanesque
style of architecture.
The mosaics of the interior, as well as the
pointed arches, show a strong Byzantine influence
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The Cathedral has a prominent role in determining
the beginning of the Pisan New Year.
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Between the tenth century and 1749, when the
Tuscan calendar was reformed, Pisa used its own
calendar, in which the first day of the year was
March 25, which is the day of the Annunciation of
the Virgin Mary.
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The Pisan New Year begins 9 months before the
ordinary one. The exact moment is determined by a
ray of sun that, through a window on the left
side, hit a shelf egg-shaped on the right side,
just above the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano. This
occurs at noon
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The façade, of grey marble and white stone set
with discs of coloured marble, was built by a
master named Rainaldo
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Above the doors there are four rows of open
galleries with, on top, statues of Madonna with
Child and, on the corners, the Four evangelists
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Also in the façade we can find the tomb of
Busketo (on the left side) and an inscription
about the foundation of the Cathedral and the
victorious battle against Saracens.
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The massive bronze main doors were made in the
workshops of Giambologna, replacing the original
doors destroyed in a fire in 1595.
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L'antico edificio dell'Ospedale di Santo Spirito
(XIII secolo), ora ospita il Museo delle Sinopie.
The function of this hospital was to help
pilgrims, poor, sick people and abandoned
children with a shelter. In the middle part of
it, since 1979 is host the Museum of Sinopias
where are kept the original drawings of the
Camposanto frescoes.
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Museo delle Sinopie
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Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
2011
Sound Canto Populare Toscano - Gordginai
Laudate Dominum Joshua Bell
Adestes Fideles - Sister Marie
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