Knights' Square (Pisa)

The Piazza dei Cavalieri ( to place the German Ritter) is famous for its imposing buildings. It is located in the historic center of Pisa and described previously secular main square of the city of Pisa. The influential Medici family demonstrated their power on this place, but that is not the only meaning of the place for the history of this city. Pisa lost its independence in 1406 to that place with the handover of the keys of the city to representatives of the biggest rival Florence. Ultimately the Piazza dei Cavalieri one of Europe's most beautiful places of the Renaissance.

Palazzo dei Cavalieri

The Palazzo dei Cavalieri was built around 1560 by the architect Giorgio Vasari, who was commissioned by the Florentine Medici family. Piazza should be redesigned and better. The palace was a curvy, decorated facade of coats of arms and adorned with statues stairs.

Palazzo della Carovana

Former Oldest Palace, also called Palazzo della Carovana, is now home to an elite university, which is a descendant of the Scuola Normale Superiore founded by Napoleon.

Palazzo dell'Orologio, Torre delle Sette Vie della Torre and Fame

The efficient architect Vasari also built the famous watch Palazzo dell'Orologio. He described the transition from the Torre delle Sette Vie, a city jail and the Torre della Fame, the hunger tower, which the miserable starved city Captain Count Ugolino della Gherardesca its name. He was accused in 1288 of treason and locked with his children in this tower. Notes on these counts can be found in Dante's " Inferno".

Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri

The, also built by Giorgio Vasari to 1567, the Church of Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri is known for its imposing interior. It is dedicated to the Bishop of Rome, Stephen I.. Arab treasures, a Baroque altar and an antique painted wooden ceiling refine this church and remember the great reputation of the Piazza dei Cavalieri.