DUOMO DI PISA

WIENER, Jacques: Italy, 1855, Bronze, 59 mm
Obv: View of exterior
Exergue:  DUOMO DI PISA
Rev: View of interior
Exergue:  FONDATO NEL 1063. CONSACRATO NEL 1119. ARCHIT: BUSCHETTO.
Signed:  J. WIENER
Ref: Van Hoydonck 123

Pisa is an archiepiscopal see of Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral, the baptistery, and famous leaning tower form a group by themselves . The cathedral and baptistry are built in black and white marble, a characteristic found in Pisan churches elsewhere. The architects of the cathedral were Buschetto and Rinaldo. The church is in the plan of a Latin cross. The nave has double vaulted aisles and the transepts a single aisle. At the intersection of the nave and transepts is a dome. The columns of the nave and side aisles are ancient. The west front is the finest part of the exterior: the range of arches running around the base is repeated by four open arcades. The three bronze doors were re-made after the fire of 1596; that of the south side is by Bonanno. The mosaics in the apse were designed by Cimabue, and the splendid decagonal pulpit is by Giovanni Pisano.

LINK to photo of Cathedral at Pisa (from GreatBuildings.com)

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