So here we are in Pisa!
Gate into the Piazza Del Duomo
As you can see, it was a gorgeous day!
Map
The Baptistry
The reason many of these were separate buildings from the churches, was because unbaptized persons were not allowed into the church, even babies! Once baptized, you could enter.
There were TONS of souvenir vendors lined up here.
Thomas & Bella
Duomo and the Bell Tower (aka The Leaning Tower!)
Bella holding up the tower...sort of, lol!
Thomas doing a better job of it!
Catching it???
One of the museums
The tower is just so cool!!!
Eastern side of the Duomo
Cute Snoopy shirt!
Fontana Dei Putti
From this angle, it looks straight!
Southern View
Photos on the Duomo restoration:
St. Ranieri Door
Patron Saint of Pisa
The only original door to survive the fire of 1595.
One of my favorite shots of the day!
Ahhh some shade! It was pretty HOT!
Bella with her lemon gelato!
My sweeties!
Camposanto Monumentale
Provides proper burial grounds for the tombs that had previously been set against the Cathedral grounds or adjacent areas. Only the most prominent Pisans are buried here.
A quick shot into the Camposanto.
We didn't have tickets for this, but I got one shot in!
Etruscan lion
Main Door
Incredible carved marble!
Tiled mosaics
Lots more to see in Part 2!!
Inside the Duomo!!!
11 comments:
You've really gotten to see and do so much by living over there, Jeannie! These pictures are amazing, and I sort of feel like I'm living vicariously through you since we'll probably never leave Ft. Benning ;)
It had to be so much more fun to just travel on your own and be able to come and go as you pleased and spend time where you wanted and for however long you wanted--hurray! Yes, that's the way you should see Germany!! ;) Great pictures!
such awesome architecture! and did Bella get the cute snoopy shirt? Love how she is catching the tower. LOL pretty funny!
I agree...awesome architecture. So amazing what was built long before modern construction equipment was ever invented. You have lots of fantastic shots in this group.
Thank you so much for our wonderful virtual tour of Pisa, Jeannie! I thoroughly enjoyed it! One tends to think Pisa = Leaning Tower, but there's so much more! What beautiful architecture everywhere, and it was great seeing little Bella enjoying herself so much! What a brilliant trip!
Thanks for your comment - yes, there's always something with computers, isn't there. I'm happy to say that with your comment, I have now caught up with my comment backlog, and comments are now visible again on Firefox, so let's hope things go on smoothly now, at least for a while!!
Shoshi
So gorgeous! You took so many pictures and I love them all! The artistic detail on the buildings is amazing and I'm so glad you shared so many pictures of it. I'm also so glad you have discovered that you can do these trips without a bus tour. That will make them so much more less stressful!! :)
The doors!
gorgeous pictures! looks like you all had blast. Love Thomas' hat! I live in Green Bay and it's always cool to see Packer apparel around the globe. :)
Jenny
lovely pictures, i have been to Pisa and have those holding up the tower pics so it's nice to remember through your post. thanks for sharing!
I see you went ot pisa after my handyman (husband) straightened it ... see my post this week on WOYWW #11
janet
Ah.. I got to read these in order! Disregard my previous comment (in part 2)!
Looks like you had an awesome trip.
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