Pisa, Italy

I visited  magnifecent Italy few times, usually just for a brief visit. The last time I went there for ten days and immensely enjoyed. I went there with my car, so together with my friends we had a wonderful opportunity to go some even remote places. We focused mostly on poetic Tuscany this time and it was a good decision. Here I included some pictures from Pisa.

Main tourist attraction there, of course, is the Duomo (cathedral) and Torre Pendente (leaning tower). The Duomo, begun in the mid 11th century, is the definition of Pisan-Romanesque architectural style. Below you can see different shots of it.

 

In the bigger picture you would be able to see the moon over the spike of this structure.

Here is also the moon in the sky. It always amazes me to see the moon in the middle of the day.

The leaning tower of Pisa is known for most people of the world. Even if it stood straight, it's delicate arcade would make it one of Italy's most important monuments, but tilt makes it very special, unique and attractive. So many people from all around the world while taking pictures of themselves next to it trying to pretend that they are straightening the tower. It is fun to watch it.

 Here My son is running away from the tower. For me it is funny because in the picture it looks as if he is running from already falling tower.

 

The Capitoline Wolf is a bronze sculpture of a she-wolf suckling twin infants, inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. According to the legend, when Numitor, grandfather of the twins Romulus and Remus, was overthrown by his brother Amulius, the usurper ordered the twins to be cast into the Tiber river. They were rescued by a she-wolf who cared for them until a herdsman, found and raised them. The Capitoline Wolf so popular in Italy that there so many of those sculptures around. This one is in Pisa near the Duomo .

Arno river flows through Pisa. I like this very small church right on the bank of the river.

Pictures have been taken in October 2010
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