The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, in the center of the Miracoli Square, is the medieval cathedral of Pisa as well as the primatial church.
Masterpiece of the Romanesque, in particular of the Pisan Romanesque, it represents the tangible testimony of the prestige and wealth achieved by the Maritime Republic of Pisa at the moment of its apogee.
The building that originally was a Greek cross with a large dome at the intersection of the arms, today is a Latin cross with five naves with apse and transept with three naves, inside suggests a spatial effect similar to that of large mosques Islamic, thanks to the use of raised arches, the alternation of bands in black and white marble and the unusual elliptical dome, of Moorish inspiration.
The presence of the two raised galleries in the naves, with the solid monolithic granite columns, is a clear sign of Byzantine influence.
The architect Buscheto had welcomed stimuli from the Islamic Levant and Armenia.
Architectural style: Romanesque architecture
Date opened: 1092
Pisa Duomo - Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
Address: Piazza del Duomo, 56126
Phone: +39 050 835011/12
Site:
http://www.opapisa.it/Location inserted by
Stefano Vigolo