Chiesa di San Sisto Bell Tower - Pisa, Italy
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member razalas
N 43° 43.178 E 010° 23.958
32T E 612715 N 4841685
This Bell Tower belongs to the Chiesa di San Sisto in Pisa.
Waymark Code: WMKEXF
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 04/03/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
Views: 7

The bell tower is placed behind the Church,is built of bricks on a base of stone blocks and is decorated with dead archlets and ceramic basins and a pointed roof.

"It was consecrated in 1133 but previously it had been already used as the seat of the most important notary act of the Pisan commune. It was built in a Pisane-Romanesque style in stone.
The façade is divide in three parts divided by pilaster strips, with a mullioned window and arches in the upper part which continues on the whole exterior. Notable is the typical local decoration with Islamic ceramic basins from the 10th-11th centuries (copies; the original are in the Museum of St. Matthew in the city).
The interior has a nave and two aisles, divided by columns with ancient Roman capitals, with hut-shaped ceiling. It houses also an Arabic tombstone, the copy of a 14th-century Madonna with Child and the rudder of a Pisane galley (13th-14th centuries)."

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Address of Tower:
Pisa, Italy


Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 4

Relevant website?: [Web Link]

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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: Not listed

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