Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
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Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
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Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
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Pisa - Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta
The construction of the "Duomo" began in 1064 by the architect Busketo, who with this structure set the model for the distinctive Pisan Romanesque style of architecture.
When the construction of this cathedral started, Pisa was on a height of political (and financial) power. Pisa was an important commercial centre controlling large parts of the Mediterranean merchant fleet and navy.
In 1017 Pisa had militarily supported the Sardinian "Giudicati" (regional kings) to defeat Saracen troops in the north of Sardinia. Between 1030 and 1035, Pisa defeated rival towns in Sicily. In 1051–1052 admiral Jacopo Ciurini conquered Corsica. In 1063 admiral Giovanni Orlando, coming to the aid of the Norman Roger I, took Palermo from the Saracen. The gold treasure taken from the Saracens in Palermo allowed the Pisans to start the building of the cathedral - and all other building of the "Piazza del Duomo".
But the victorious Pisans did not only bring gold back, when they looted an area. They dismantled complete buildings and shipped the marble home, to be used here. Over the centuries all walls of the cathedral, that could be reached, got dotted with carved graffiti.
The tip / spire with the cross (left) and the rose, produced with a compass (right) are very common symbols.
When the construction of this cathedral started, Pisa was on a height of political (and financial) power. Pisa was an important commercial centre controlling large parts of the Mediterranean merchant fleet and navy.
In 1017 Pisa had militarily supported the Sardinian "Giudicati" (regional kings) to defeat Saracen troops in the north of Sardinia. Between 1030 and 1035, Pisa defeated rival towns in Sicily. In 1051–1052 admiral Jacopo Ciurini conquered Corsica. In 1063 admiral Giovanni Orlando, coming to the aid of the Norman Roger I, took Palermo from the Saracen. The gold treasure taken from the Saracens in Palermo allowed the Pisans to start the building of the cathedral - and all other building of the "Piazza del Duomo".
But the victorious Pisans did not only bring gold back, when they looted an area. They dismantled complete buildings and shipped the marble home, to be used here. Over the centuries all walls of the cathedral, that could be reached, got dotted with carved graffiti.
The tip / spire with the cross (left) and the rose, produced with a compass (right) are very common symbols.
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