The Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany
The center of the Piazza dei Miracoli is the Duomo, the medieval cathedral, entitled to Santa Maria Assunta which translates to St. Mary of the Assumption. This is a five-naved cathedral with a three-naved transept.
About Pisa, Italy
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. The city is known worldwide for its famous bell tower.
About ItalyItaly is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. Italy has been the home of many European cultures, such as the Etruscans and the Romans, and later was the birthplace of the universities and of the movement of the Renaissance, that began in Tuscany and spread all over Europe. Italy's capital Rome was for centuries the center of Western civilization; it also spawned the Baroque movement and seats the Catholic Church. Today, Italy is a democratic republic and a developed country with the 8th-highest Quality-of-life index rating in the world. It is a founding member of what is now the European Union. |
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Other Pictures of Italy
Other Pictures of Italy include:
- Pictures of Florence, Tuscany
- The Gates of Paradise, Battistero di San Giovanni, Florence
- Giotto’s bell tower, Florence
- Leonardo da Vinci statue in the Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence
- Niccolo Macchiavelli statue in the Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence
- The Palazzo Vecchio, Michelangelo's David statue, Florence
- Perseus holding the severed head of Medusa, Florence
- A view from the Ponte Vecchio bridge, Florence
- The Ponte Vecchio bridge, Florence
- The Ponte Vecchio bridge, Florence
- Pictures of Pisa, Tuscany
- Pictures of Rome, Lazio
- Pictures of Venice, Veneto
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