Barbaricina in Tuscany
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Santa Maria della Spina

Santa Maria della Spina is a small Gothic church in the Italian city of Pisa. The church, erected in 1230, was originally known as Santa Maria di Pontenovo: the new name of Spina ("thorn") derives from the presence of a thorn allegedly part of the crown dressed by Christ on the Cross, brought here in 1333. In 1871 the church was dismantled and rebuilt on a higher level due to dangerous inflitration of water from the Arno river: the church was slightly altered in the process, however.

Located at 43.7153, 10.3964 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Pisa, 1230s architecture, Gothic architecture in Tuscany

Baptistry (Pisa)

The Baptistry of St. John (Italian: Battistero di San Giovanni) is a religious building in Pisa, Italy. It started construction in 1152, in replacement of an older baptistry, and completed in 1363. It is the second building, in the chronological order, in the Piazza dei Miracoli, near the Cathedral and the famous Leaning Tower.

Located at 43.7233, 10.3939 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1360s architecture, Baptisteries, Churches in Pisa, Domes, Romanesque architecture in Italy

Orto botanico di Pisa

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. It is open weekday mornings without charge. The garden was established in 1544 under Cosimo I de' Medici as the first university botanical garden in Europe, and entrusted to the famous botanist Luca Ghini of Imola.

Located at 43.7198, 10.3959 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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1544 establishments, Botanical gardens in Italy, University of Pisa, Buildings and structures in Pisa, Gardens in Tuscany, Visitor attractions in Pisa

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno

San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno (St. Paul on Arno's bank) is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. It is one of the most outstanding Romanesque churches in Tuscany. The church is also locally known as Duomo vecchio (old cathedral).

Located at 43.7128, 10.3935 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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12th-century architecture, Churches in Pisa, 10th-century church buildings, Romanesque architecture in Tuscany

San Nicola, Pisa

San Nicola is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.

Located at 43.7166, 10.3967 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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14th-century architecture, Churches in Pisa, Romanesque architecture in Tuscany

Palazzo delle Vedove

The Palazzo delle Vedove (Italian for Widows' Palace) is a palace in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. The palace, built in the 12th–14th centuries, is sited land which in antique times was the domus of the Bocci family of Pisa. Detail of the medieval edifice can still be seen in the exterior, including a marble quadruple mullioned window partially covered by a rectangular window. On one of the side was once a portico.

Located at 43.7166, 10.396 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Palaces in Pisa, 12th-century architecture

Camposanto Monumentale

The Campo Santo, also known as Camposanto Monumentale ("monumental cemetery") or Camposanto Vecchio ("old cemetery"), is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa, Italy. "Campo Santo" can be literally translated as "holy field", because it is said to have been built around a shipload of sacred soil from Golgotha, brought back to Pisa from the Fourth Crusade by Ubaldo de' Lanfranchi, archbishop of Pisa in the 12th century.

Located at 43.723, 10.395 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Cemeteries in Italy, Roman Catholic cemeteries, Buildings and structures in Pisa, Museums in Pisa, 1278 establishments, Buildings and structures completed in 1464, Domes, Visitor attractions in Pisa

Santa Chiara (Pisa)

Santa Chiara is a church in Pisa, Italy, a few paces away from the Piazza dei Miracoli. Originally called Santo Spirito, it was reconstructed in 1227 as the chapel for the adjacent hospital of St. Clare, later called Spedale Nuovo di Santo Spirito. The portal fresco of Madonna and child with Saints Clare and Francis dates from the 17th century. One of the relics contained therein is a supposed spine from the crown of Christ held at the church of Santa Maria della Spina.

Located at 43.7217, 10.3954 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Churches in Pisa, 13th-century architecture