Pisa - Camposanto Monumentale

A legend tells, that Ubaldo Lanfranchi, archbishop of Pisa, returning home from the cruisade in 1203, brought home a shipload of sacred soil from Golgotha.

This was the start of this cemetery. The construction of the oblong cloister began in 1278, stopped after the Battle of Meloria (1284) and was finally completed in 1464.

Ancient sarcophagi line the walls. Most of the large frescoes are attributed to Buonamico Buffalmacco (aka "Bonamico di Martino da Firenze").