What to see in Pisa

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Foundling Hospital

The Foundlings’ Hospital (Ospizio dei Trovatelli) was built in 1315, following the battle of Montecatini. The building, annexed to thechurch of S. Giorgio dei Tedeschi, was originally called Ospedale della Pace e del Principe (Hospital of Peace...
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Former Benedictine Monastery

The church and convent, constructed by Benedictine nuns in 1393 on the southern bank of the River Arno, is now in private hands. It was built on part of an area known as tegularia in the early middle ages because of the many brick and pottery...
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Palazzo Roncioni

The coat of arms of the Roncioni family, representing a robust horse - a “concione” or “ronzone” – is displayed on the mid 17th century facade of the palace. A little further along the river is scalo Roncioni, one of the last remaining accesses...
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Palace of the Consuls of the Sea

Among the ancient monuments and palaces of Via San Martino, we find the Palazzo dei Consoli del Mare, which belonged to the courts of San Martino and was built during the reign of Cosimo I in 1551 to judge cases merchant. Since 1889 it hosts the...
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Square Mazzini

It's one of the 5 squares on the northern bank of the River Arno, near the Ponte della Fortezza. At the center of the square stands the statue of Giuseppe Mazzini, by Orazio Andreoni 1883, placed in honor of the Italian patriot who died in Pisa...
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Piazza della Pera

Pisans call this square piazza della Pera because of the ancient Etruscan pear-shaped cippus nearby, on the corner of via S. Martino. Thanks to careful archaeological explorations in 2004 that uncovered the remains of the medieval church of S....
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Statue of Ulisse Dini

Via Ulisse Dini goes from Borgo Stretto to Piazza dei Cavalieri. The street was named after the Pisan mathematician and Senator (1845-1918) who discovered the theorem that bears his name, and whose statue stands beside the Church of S. Stefano...