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KEY DATES
1064 1152 1173 1260 1311 1987
The foundation Build lng work Construction Nicola Pisano Giovanni Pisano The Campo dei
9-one of the begins on the starts on the completes the finishes sculpting Mlracoli is declared
Duomo is laid. Baptistry. Leaning Tower. marble Baptistry the Duomo pulpit. a UNESCO World
pulpit. Heritage S ite.

Duomo Fa~ade Y
Colored sandstone, glass, and
Leaning Tower
majolka plates decorate the
This bell tower in the
LOI'Itlard-style, 12\h-cE>ntury
Pisan..Romanesque fa<;ade. lts patterned surface
A Delail from The Triumph of Death frescoes style was COf'll)leted in
in dudes mots, Hcmers, and
1350, when its seven
animals in inlaid marblE>.
bells wE>rE> hung.
Frescoes
These were added to
Marble Floor the dome's interior after
Fragments of thE> a fire in 1595.
11th-century marble
floor survive beneath ~ Portaledi
the dome. San Ranieri

Frieze
This indicates that
work. began on thE>
tcmer in 1173.

~ Duomo Pulpit
The carved s upports for Giovanni
Pis ano's pulpit (1302-11)
symbolize the Arts and Virtues.
Baptistry>
~ Duomo fa~de T he Baptistry started life as a
-~ Romanesque structure (1153), but it
has a Gothic dome. The plain interior
Carrara Marble has a Gothic pulpit and baptismal font.
The Duorno's walls
are dE> cor atE>d with
horizontal layers of
white and gray marble.

Twelfth-century
Wall Tomb
Buscheto, the
Duorno' s original
architect, is buried
in the last blind Campo S anto
arch on the left Memorial>
side of the fa<;ade.
Portale di San Ranieri >
Bonanno Pisano's bronzE> panE>Is for thE>
Duomo's south transept doors depict the
life of Christ. Palm trees and Moorish
buildings show Arabic influence.