Pisa is also in Italy's Tuscany region and is best know for its leaning tower of the Romanesque, striped-marble cathedral located in the Piazza dei Miracoli.
No trip to the Leaning Tower of Pisa would be complete without taking a million goofy pictures of someone 'holding up the tower'!
Piazza dei Miracoli which includes the Cathedral, Baptistery, Bell tower or Leaning Tower, and Monumental Churchyard.
The Duomo (medieval cathedral) is Pisan Romanesque architecture dating back to the 11th century but rebuilt after a fire in 1595.
Piazza dei Miracoli means 'field of miracles' or 'field of dreams'.
Baptistery of San Giovanni - largest Baptistery in Italy dedicated to St. John the Baptist with a statue of him on top of the dome.
Porta Nuova or Pisa's medieval city walls built in 1155.
The prestigious University of Pisa dates back to 1343 - graduates include Galileo Galilei who later became a professor there in 1589.
Our rickety little Pisa tour train.
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