Italia Pisa 5 The interior of the Duomo

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PISA
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Allinterno del Duomo
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Nel Campo dei Miracoli
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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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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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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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The church also contains the bones of St Ranieri,
Pisa's patron saint, and the tomb of the Holy
Roman Emperor Henry VII, carved by Tino da
Camaino in 1315. That tomb, originally in the
apse just behind the main altar, was disassembled
and changed position many times during the years
for political reasons
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In the Cathedral also can be found some relics
brought during the Crusades the remains of three
Saints (Abibo, Gamaliel and Nicodemus) and a vase
that it is said to be one of the jars of Cana.
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Galileo is believed to have formulated his theory
about the movement of a pendulum by watching the
swinging of the incense lamp (not the present
one) hanging from the ceiling of the nave. That
lamp, smaller and simpler than the present one,
it is now kept in the Camposanto
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The interior is faced with black and white marble
and has a gilded ceiling and a frescoed dome. It
was largely redecorated after a fire in 1595,
which destroyed most of the medieval art works.
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Fortunately, the impressive mosaic, in the apse,
of Christ in Majesty, flanked by the Blessed
Virgin and St. John the Evangelist, survived the
fire. It evokes the mosaics in the church of
Monreale, Sicily.
Although it is said that the mosaic was done by
Cimabue, only the head of St. John was done by
the artist in 1302 and was his last work, since
he died in Pisa in the same year.
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Pope Gregory VIII was also buried in the
cathedral. The fire in 1595 destroyed his tomb
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The impressive granite Corinthian columns between
the nave and the aisle came originally from the
mosque of Palermo, captured by the Pisans in
1063.
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The building, as have several in Pisa, has tilted
slightly since its construction.
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Text Internet Pictures Daniela Iacob All 
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Presentation Sanda Foisoreanu
2011
Sound Stradella A. Niedermeyer L. -
Pietà Signore - Ramon Vargas