Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Pisa, Italy

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 5.8 km
Ascend 54 m
Descend 54 m

Explore Pisa in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in PisaIndividual Sights in Pisa

Sight 1: Tumulo del Principe Etrusco

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The tumulus of the Etruscan Prince is a funerary monument dated around the seventh century BC found in the north-western suburbs of Pisa, in the Gagno district, in Via San Iacopo.

Wikipedia: Tumulo del Principe etrusco (IT)

1653 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 2: Cantiere delle Navi antiche di Pisa

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The Museum of Ancient Ships is a museum in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. The museum exhibits ancient ships and artifacts. The exhibition space is within the ancient halls of the Medici Arsenals.

Wikipedia: Museum of Ancient Ships, Pisa (EN)

772 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 3: Porta del Leone

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Porta del Leone Paolo Fisicaro / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Lion's Gate is located in Pisa. It is located in Piazza del Duomo, beyond the Campo Santo, in a small open space.

Wikipedia: Porta del Leone (IT)

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Porta Nuova

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The Porta Nuova, as well as being a district of Pisa, is a gate to the city walls.

Wikipedia: Porta Nuova (Pisa) (IT)

254 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Baptistry of St. John

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The Pisa Baptistery of St. John is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical building in Pisa, Italy. Construction started in 1152 to replace an older baptistery, and when it was completed in 1363, it became the second building, in chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Duomo di Pisa and the cathedral's free-standing campanile, the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa. The baptistery was designed by Diotisalvi, whose signature can be read on two pillars inside the building, with the date 1153.

Wikipedia: Pisa Baptistery (EN)

180 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Pisa Cathedral

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Pisa Cathedral is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldest of the three structures in the plaza followed by the Pisa Baptistry and the Campanile known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The cathedral is a notable example of Romanesque architecture, in particular the style known as Pisan Romanesque. Consecrated in 1118, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Pisa. Construction began in 1063 and was completed in 1092. Additional enlargements and a new facade were built in the 12th century and the roof was replaced after damage from a fire in 1595.

Wikipedia: Pisa Cathedral (EN)

54 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Cappella dal Pozzo

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The Dal Pozzo Chapel belongs to the Monumental Cemetery of Pisa.

Wikipedia: Cappella Dal Pozzo (IT)

129 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Piazza del Duomo

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The Piazza dei Miracoli, formally known as Piazza del Duomo, is a walled 8.87-hectare (21.9-acre) compound in central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of the finest architectural complexes in the world. It was all owned by the Catholic Church and is dominated by four great religious edifices: Pisa Cathedral, the Pisa Baptistery, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Camposanto Monumentale. Partly paved and partly grassed, the Piazza dei Miracoli is also the site of the Ospedale Nuovo di Santo Spirito, which now houses the Sinopias Museum and the Cathedral Museum.

Wikipedia: Piazza dei Miracoli (EN), Heritage Website

200 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Museo delle Sinopie

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The Sinopie Museum in Piazza del Duomo in Pisa is located in a large medieval brick building, the ancient Spedale Nuovo, or of his father Alessandro. In the museum are preserved the sinopies, in fact, of the frescoes of the monumental Cemetery.

Wikipedia: Museo delle sinopie (IT)

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Fontana dei Putti

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Fontana dei Putti

The Fountain of the Putti is a monumental work in Carrara marble, located at the entrance to Piazza dei Miracoli and Via Santa Maria in Pisa.

Wikipedia: Fontana dei Putti (Pisa) (IT)

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

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The Museum of the Opera del Duomo di Pisa is located in Piazza del Duomo, in the palace that was the room of the chapter of the primestiale, dating back to the thirteenth century, seminar, academy of fine arts and convent.

Wikipedia: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo (Pisa) (IT)

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di San Ranierino

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The church of San Ranierino is a church located in central Pisa, Italy, near piazza del Duomo.

Wikipedia: San Ranierino, Pisa (EN)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Porta San Ranierino

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Porta San Ranierino is a gate in the city walls of Pisa.

Wikipedia: Porta San Ranierino (IT)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa di Santo Stefano extra moenia

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The church of Santo Stefano Extra Moenia or Oltr'Ozeri is located outside the city walls of the city of Pisa, in via Santo Stefano 2.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santo Stefano extra moenia (IT)

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Porta a Lucca

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The Porta a Lucca is one of the gates of the walls of Pisa, from which the residential district of the same name takes its name, inhabited by about 20,000 inhabitants.

Wikipedia: Porta a Lucca (IT)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Bagni di Nerone

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The Baths of Nero are an archaeological site near the Porta a Lucca in Pisa, then the Roman city of Colonia Pisana. Now below street level, they are the only Roman remains still standing in the city and form a thermae complex.

Wikipedia: Baths of Nero (Pisa) (EN)

1156 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 17: Museo storico delle aviotruppe

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The Historical Museum of the Airborne Troops is a military museum of about 800 m2 that is located at the Parachute Training Center of Pisa.

Wikipedia: Museo storico delle aviotruppe (IT), Website

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