Closer look of Intercity 505...
Acceptable seating for an hour ride to Pisa from Firenze...
Pisa Centrale Station...
World famous Leaning Tower of Pisa (LTOP)...we approached from the rear side...that explains the weird tilt from what we always see on postcards...
LTOP...
LTOP...
Tourists catered roadside stores...it's where I bought my souvenirs...
Baptistery of the Cathedral...architects; Diotisalvi, Nicolas Pisano and Giovanni Pisano...built in the 12century... 
Piazza dei Miracoli...it's the square which consists of the Baptistery of the Cathedral, the Duomo, the Camposanto and the Tower of Pisa.
A group photo before we leave...
Arno River...this river flows all the way to Florence...Pisa was our 3rd destination in Italy. There was not too much in the city to interest uncouth tourists like myself. If you are also uncouth and/or lack the time to spend visiting Piazza dei Cavalieri, Saint Sixtus, San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno, Palazzo Reale, Museo delle Sinopie or Museo Nazionale di S. Matteo, why not just head straight to the Piazza dei Miracoli .
Piazza dei Miracoli is a square where the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa stands. Other notable structures in the Piazza include the Baptistery of the Cathedral, the Camposanto and the Duomo. The tower has been credited to Bonanno Pisano and Diotisalvi. It took nearly 180 years for the entire tower to be constructed starting in the middle of the 12th century. It was the third of the 4 structures to be built behind the Duomo and Baptistery. Camposante was the last to be built and it is actually a cemetery.
The tower tilts at an angle of 3.9 degrees and the tilt was attributed by soft substrate beneath the site and poorly laid foundation. It was closed throughout the 90s and was reopened to public in the fall of 2001. To those who want to scale LTOP, it is open and safe to do so for at least 300years barring weather calamities or acts of god. Galileo Galilei actually demonstrated from the tower that the speed of falling objects are independent of their masses.
Besides the Piazza dei Miracoli, you are free to tour around the above mentioned places which may bankrupt you to enter. Otherwise, you may spend a few hours in front of the tower to capture the best 'Support LTOP', 'Piggy-bag LTOP' and 'Pushing LTOP' poses amongst others .
Thereafter, we took a late afternoon train to Rome...choo choo...
Piazza dei Miracoli is a square where the world famous Leaning Tower of Pisa stands. Other notable structures in the Piazza include the Baptistery of the Cathedral, the Camposanto and the Duomo. The tower has been credited to Bonanno Pisano and Diotisalvi. It took nearly 180 years for the entire tower to be constructed starting in the middle of the 12th century. It was the third of the 4 structures to be built behind the Duomo and Baptistery. Camposante was the last to be built and it is actually a cemetery.
The tower tilts at an angle of 3.9 degrees and the tilt was attributed by soft substrate beneath the site and poorly laid foundation. It was closed throughout the 90s and was reopened to public in the fall of 2001. To those who want to scale LTOP, it is open and safe to do so for at least 300years barring weather calamities or acts of god. Galileo Galilei actually demonstrated from the tower that the speed of falling objects are independent of their masses.
Besides the Piazza dei Miracoli, you are free to tour around the above mentioned places which may bankrupt you to enter. Otherwise, you may spend a few hours in front of the tower to capture the best 'Support LTOP', 'Piggy-bag LTOP' and 'Pushing LTOP' poses amongst others .
Thereafter, we took a late afternoon train to Rome...choo choo...
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