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Itinerary:<\/strong> Leaning Tower – Tower of Santa Maria – Walk on the medieval walls<\/p>\n

This short itinerary will accompany you in the discovery of Pisa in a path outside the usual patterns, which allows you to admire the city from a new perspective, taking advantage of the opening of the walk on the ancient medieval walls.<\/p>\n

The route starts from the most famous tower in the world, the Leaning Tower<\/a><\/strong> that never served to defend the city as it is only the bell tower of the magnificent Cathedral<\/a><\/strong> of Piazza dei Miracoli<\/strong>. It is known worldwide for the beauty of its architectural structure, for the singular slope that makes it a true static miracle: about 58 meters high, inclination of 5.5 \u00b0 and almost 300 steps to climb.<\/p>\n

Open all year, with guided tours every half hour and admission fee.<\/p>\n

If you do not want to climb the Tower, behind the Baptistery<\/strong><\/a> is the Tower of Santa Maria<\/strong>, which leads to the walkway on the Medieval Walls<\/strong><\/a>, whose construction dates back to 1154, to be finished in 1284 (year of the defeat of the Meloria). The walkway on the Walls, with its 11 meters of hight and 4 ascent points, allows you to observe the city from above, with a pleasant walk of 3 km, from the square reaches the Arno (or vice versa). There are four access points: the Torre Santa Maria<\/strong>, the Piezometric Tower<\/strong> (near the university), the Tower <\/strong>in Piazza delle Gondole<\/strong> and the Tower<\/strong> in Piazza Del Rosso<\/strong>, near the Arno river.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the walkway you can discover some beauties or curiosities that not even the Pisans are aware of, starting from Piazza delle Gondole<\/strong>, which takes the curious name from a small dock that served small boats, similar to the Venetian gondolas, that went up to the Monti Pisani through the canal.Or the so-called Bagni di Nerone, the remains of a Roman plant (the only one left in the city) used as a spa. In sparse order some places of worship, such as the Church of San Francesco<\/strong> (where the Count Ugolino is buried), the Abbey of San Zeno (Benedictine and Camaldolese, now a wedding venue), and the Jewish cemetery<\/strong><\/a>, just outside the walls that they overlook what still remains the most exciting and evocative point: the Piazza dei Miracoli.<\/p>\n

There is no need to explain anything here. The view satisfies the walk. We are (almost) up to these wonders, authentic architectural miracles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21232,"parent":0,"template":"","tipo-attrazione":[1457],"tipo-percorso":[2594],"durata-percorso":[],"writer":[1692,1720,1683],"filter-who":[1453,1455,1454,1452],"filter-time":[1449],"class_list":["post-13925","percorso","type-percorso","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-attrazione-attrazione-cultura-en","tipo-percorso-art-and-history","writer-pisa","writer-pisa-dallalto","writer-terre-di-pisa","filter-who-couple","filter-who-family","filter-who-adults","filter-who-single","filter-time-1-2-day"],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[{"locale":"it_IT","id":6987,"post_title":"Pisa dall'alto delle Mura","href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/pisa-dallalto-mura-medievali\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/percorso\/13925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/percorso"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/percorso"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-attrazione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-attrazione?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"tipo-percorso","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-percorso?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"durata-percorso","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/durata-percorso?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"filter-who","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-who?post=13925"},{"taxonomy":"filter-time","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terredipisa.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/filter-time?post=13925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}