Camposanto monumentale - Pisa, Italy
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N 43° 43.425 E 010° 23.705
32T E 612367 N 4842136
The Campo Santo, also known as Camposanto Monumentale ("monumental cemetery") or Camposanto Vecchio ("old cemetery"), is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa, Italy.
Waymark Code: WMZCE1
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 10/19/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MountainWoods
Views: 4

EN
"CAMPOSANTO

The Cemetery is the last monument on Piazza del Duomo, its long marble wall flanking the northern boundary and completing its shape. It was founded in 1277 to accommodate the graves that until then were scattered all around the Cathedral. Archbishop Federico Visconti wanted the building to be a “large and dignified, secluded and enclosed place”. This is how one of the oldest Christian Medieval architectures for the devotion of the dead came into being."

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IT
"l Camposanto è stato l’ultimo monumento a sorgere sulla Piazza del Duomo e la sua lunga parete marmorea ne delimita il confine settentrionale definendola compiutamente. Fu fondato nel 1277 per accogliere le tombe fino a quel momento disseminate attorno alla Cattedrale. Nelle intenzioni dell’Arcivescovo Federico Visconti l’edificio avrebbe dovuto essere un luogo “ampio e decoroso, appartato e chiuso”. Nasce così una delle più antiche architetture medievali cristiane destinate al culto dei morti.
Inizialmente i sarcofagi furono collocati nello spazio centrale scoperto che, secondo la tradizione, accoglie come un grande reliquiario la terra santa portata dalla Palestina al tempo della II crociata (1146). Sotto il pavimento dei corridoi laterali trovano posto più umili sepolture."

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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Pisa, Toscana, Italy

Approximate number of graves: 100

Cemetery Status: Inactive Maintained

Cemetery Website: [Web Link]

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