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Lonely on a hill (that has its boundless view from the Appennini
up to the Tyrrhenian sea), stern and peaceful at once, this
town has a particular glamour that is different from the
others.
Once you reach its threshold, you will be impressed by the mighty wall, both
of the Medieval times and Etruscan ones, where there are many gates.
The most famous of them is Porta dell'Arco Etrusco
(the gate of Etruscan Arch). Indoors you will find remembrances of the severe
town of Volterra during the Medieval times. All this is helpful for us to understand
the charming of its beauty.
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The 15 medieval towers (a reminder
of the 72 towers that used to rise during the period of greatest
splendor) announce from far away
the town's magnificence.
The amazement continues after entering one of the town gates, that open in the double
enclosed wall, and walking up the silent streets flanked with ancient
buildings.
The streets unexpectedly lead into three squares on the summit of the town, where
the severe medieval buildings that surround them may be admired.
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Pisa is set in a wide floodplain (4 m. above sea level)
few kilometres far from
the Tyrrhenian coast and it stretches in the two
bank of the river Arno.
Pisa is among the main cultural city of Italy. It keeps a rich artistic heritage
with its original Medieval reworking of Islamic, Lombard and local influences.
It is to note the wonderful Duomo and the leaning
tower, a monument discussed and known as one of the seven wonders of the
world.
It is a chief town of a province of Tuscany and an archiepiscopal see. Nowadays
it is above all a university and research town.
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Siena always attracts many tourists for its
wonderful monuments and its numerous masterpieces
to visit in its museums. Some
great artists were born in Siena and among them it is to
remind Duccio di Boninsegna and Nicola Pisano, who worked
on the greatest masterpiece in Siena: the
Duomo.
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In narrow and winding lanes, in museums and
in the quarter oratorios you may
hear Palio propitiatory chants that recall the ancient
customs and modern allegories. In the evening, on the other side, the patter
of soles on the desert paving contrasts to the peace of the green valleys surrounded
by the walls by its ancient administrators, for centuries till today.
In the town you may admire many masterpieces such as the Duomo, set in the Campo,
Siena's red-bricked main square and the wonderful landscape of Facciatone, the hall
of Pellegrinaio in Santa Maria della Scala, the Piccolomini
library, the prestigious Accademy Chigiana and the wide rooms in Fortezza
Medicea, that hides the rarest wines in Siena, in Tuscany and in the peninsula. |
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