Walk Around The Spectacular UNESCO Site In Pisa!

Have you ever been to Pisa? No doubt you’ve heard of its famous leaning tower! Together with three other majestic monuments in Pisa’s Piazza del Duomo, it earned the prestigious award of becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These four medieval architectural masterpieces include the cathedral, the leaning tower, the baptistery and the cemetery. They are a wonderful testament of what ingenious artistic vision and clever architectural plans could achieve!

Choose from a lovely range of vacation rentals in Pisa where you can relax and unwind after a fun day of discovery in the city's historic centre!

Piazza del Duomo, also known as Piazza dei Miracoli is brimming with admiring tourists all year around. Experienced tour guides can lead you around the four main monuments of this architectural complex that is still recognised today as being a very important example of intricate mediaeval art.

The bell tower, which later became known as the “Leaning Tower of Pisa’, began construction in 1173. But five years into construction, builders noticed that it was beginning to lean due to poorly laid foundations and weak subterranean soil. It was left alone for a century before construction was reconvened to balance out the lean. The newly added floors of the tower had an added level on the opposite to regain a more level standing ground and to help evenly distribute the weight balance.


Walk around the splendid medieval cathedral in Piazza del Duomo and admire the intricate architectural skill involved in crafting such a masterpiece. Beside the cathedral is the baptistery, a cylindrical building with a marvellous dome peaked roof.

Dating back to the 12th century, this is the largest baptistery in all of Italy!

The infamous mathematician and astronomer, Galileo Galilei was baptised here in Pisa in the beautifully constructed Baptistery and had close roots to his beloved city as he rose to fame in adult life.

The monumental walled cemetery is located at the North of the square and is regarded as one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world.

Legend has it that the cemetery with built around a huge shipload of levelled soil brought from Calvary; the mountain upon which Jesus Christ was believed to have been crucified on.

Known as ‘Campo Santo’ meaning ‘Holy field’ the cemetery is encased by a magnificent building which was built one hundred years later in the 13th century. Within the building is a collection of over eighty fascinating sculptures and tombs that can be seen by tourists.

Be sure to gaze upon one of the most enticing frescoes here titled ‘The Triumph of Death’ by Buonamico Buffalmacco. Pisa’s Piazza dei Miracoli is truly a place to be seen in person to be believed so why not come and experience a fantastic time here on your next vacation!