Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Pisa, Italy

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Number of sights 25 sights
Distance 8.5 km
Ascend 79 m
Descend 78 m

Experience Pisa in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in PisaIndividual Sights in Pisa

Sight 1: Chiesa di Sant'Apollinare in Barbaricina

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The church of Sant'Apollinare is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Pisa, located in the Barbaricina district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Apollinare (Pisa) (IT)

1781 meters / 21 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)

461 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: 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)

254 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: 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)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Porta Buoza

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The Buoza gate is a gate of the city walls of Pisa and is located within the area of the united hospitals of Santa Chiara.

Wikipedia: Porta Buoza (IT)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 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)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Chiara

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Santa Chiara is a Roman Catholic church in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy, a few paces away from the Piazza dei Miracoli.

Wikipedia: Santa Chiara, Pisa (EN)

330 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Orto Botanico

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Orto Botanico Daderot. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Orto botanico di Pisa, also known as the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Pisa, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Pisa, and located at via Luca Ghini 5, Pisa, Italy.

Wikipedia: Orto botanico di Pisa (EN), Website

275 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Domus Galilaeana

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The Domus Galilaeana is a cultural and scientific institute and library, dedicated to the history of science, located in via Santa Maria #26, in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. Currently, the Domus Galilaeana houses a library with more than 40,000 books and important files relating to scientists of the 20th century.

Wikipedia: Domus Galilaeana (EN)

88 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Casa Miniati

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Casa Miniati is a medieval building in Pisa, located on the corner of Via Santa Maria and Via Volta.

Wikipedia: Casa Miniati (IT)

426 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di San Giorgio ai Tedeschi

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San Giorgio ai Tedeschi is a Roman Catholic church located in the centre of Pisa, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio ai Tedeschi (EN)

110 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: 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)

115 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: 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

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Pisa Cathedral

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Pisa Cathedral is a medieval 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 16: Cappella dal Pozzo

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

Wikipedia: Cappella Dal Pozzo (IT)

246 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

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The Museo dell'Opera del Duomo di Pisa is located in Piazza del Duomo, in the building that was the hall of the Chapter of the Primatial, dating back to the thirteenth century, a seminary, an academy of fine arts and a convent.

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

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 18: 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 19: 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)

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: 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)

342 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: 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)

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 22: 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)

662 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 23: Chiesa di San Zeno

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San Zeno is a church and a former abbey in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Zeno, Pisa (EN)

83 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 24: Porta San Zeno

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The Porta San Zeno is a gate of the ancient walls of Pisa, located near the church of San Zeno. It was once called "Porta Monetaria" because the coins of the Pisan mint were minted nearby.

Wikipedia: Porta San Zeno (Pisa) (IT)

1072 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 25: 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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