Pisa

: This article is about Pisa in Italy. For other places of the same name, see Pisa (disambiguation).

Landmarks

By far the best known sight in Pisa is the famous leaning tower which is but one of many architecturally and artistically important structures in the city's Campo dei Miracoli or Field of Miracles to the north of the old town center. The Campo dei Miracoli is also the site of the beautiful Duomo (the Cathedral), the Baptistry and the Camposanto (the monumental cemetery).

Related Topics:
Leaning tower - Campo dei Miracoli - Duomo

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Other interesting sights include Knights' Square (Piazza dei Cavalieri), where the Palazzo della Carovana, with its awesome facade designed by Giorgio Vasari may be seen, Borgo Stretto where it is possible to stroll under medieval arcades and Lungarno, the avenues along the river Arno. Remarkably, there are at least two other leaning towers in the city, one at the southern end of central Via Santa Maria, the other halfway through the Piagge riverside promenade.

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Pisa hosts the University of Pisa, especially renowed in the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science and the Scuola Normale Superiore, the Italian academic elite institution, mostly for research and the education of graduate students.

Related Topics:
University of Pisa - Physics - Mathematics - Engineering - Computer Science - Scuola Normale Superiore - Academic - Elite - Research - Graduate student

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Construction of a new leaning tower of glass and steel 57 meters tall, containing offices and apartments was scheduled to start in summer 2004 and take 4 years. It was designed by Dante Oscar Benini and raised criticism.

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