Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
N 43° 43.175 E 010° 24.015
32T E 612791 N 4841680
This Italian stamp depicts seat of the elite technical university in Pisa - Scuola Normale Superiore, Renaissance building of Palazzo della Carovana...
Waymark Code: WM882A
Location: Toscana, Italy
Date Posted: 02/17/2010
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The Palazzo della Carovana houses since 1810 the Scuola Normale Superiore, an elite technical university founded by Napoleon. In front of the building is a statue of Cosimo I by Piero Francavilla (1596).
The Palazzo della Carovana in the Piazza dei Cavalieri was originally the Palazzo degli Anziani (Palace of the Elders). In 1562 the famous architect Giorgio Vasari began the rebuilding and enlargement which produced the magnificent or Palazzo della Carovana (also called Palazzo dei Cavalieri).
Stamp Issuing Country: Italy
Date of Issue: November 27, 1999
Denomination: 650 L. - 0.34 €
Color: chalcography (brown)
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
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