Millions and millions of people visited this wonderful square. |
"Piazza dei Miracoli" is quite one thousand years old. Sure, it was not set up in short time; it took some centuries from the first works to the completion of the three famous buildings that make so unique this place: the cathedral, the baptistery and the leaning tower. |
Sited in Pisa, at the heart of one of the Italian marvelous region, Tuscany, "Piazza dei Miracoli" witness quite one thousand of Italian history and culture; it became in the last fifty years also a target for mass tourism. |
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Of the three buildings, the more famous is the Leaning Tower whose construction began nearly the end of XII century. |
Circular basement was quite uncommon among all the towers built in Italy. Based on some opinions, it seems that the original project made provision for a higher tower than the one that was built. |
Certainly the circular basement allowed the tower to stand up in spite of the high level of leaning. |
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Unfortunately, when I took the photos the weather was not so good: very hot and sultry. Then it was very difficult to give evidence of the colour contrast between the blue sky, the green meadow and the dominant white of the buildings. |
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