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Pisa's Medieval Walls
These age-old walls were built to protect Pisa's cathedral and baptistery from assailants
Pisa’s walls are the oldest city walls in Italy that remain almost entirely intact. Construction began in 1154 in the area that corresponds to today’s piazza dei Miracoli, while the seventh and final lot was built in 1161; this section defended the western side of the city, stretching from the Portello to the Torre dell''Arno. The site was chosen strategically, as these ramparts were meant to protect the cathedral and future baptistery and defend the city’s most vulnerable spot: the bridge crossing the Auser River in the northwestern part of Pisa.
Pisa
Un viaje a la ciudad de la Torre inclinada, Patrimonio de la Humanidad UNESCO
Una etapa fundamental de las vacaciones en Toscana ha sido siempre Pisa y su Plaza de los Milagros, una de las más bellas del mundo y desde el 1987 es Patrimonio de UNESCO. Millones de personas vienen aquí cada año desde todos los rincones del mundo para tratar, con la ayuda de la perspectiva, de mantener en pie la torre inclinada. ...
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