Historic site · Piazza del Duomo, Tuscany
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the bell tower of Pisa Cathedral, standing among the monuments of Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, Tuscany.
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Pisa
Pisa is a city and comune in Tuscany, Italy. According to the Comune di Pisa, its Piazza del Duomo, with the cathedral, baptistery, bell tower and Camposanto, has been on UNESCO's World Heritage List since 1987.
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Church · Piazza del Duomo, Tuscany
Pisa Cathedral
Pisa Cathedral is the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta on Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, Tuscany, founded in 1064 and consecrated in 1118.
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Church · Tuscany
Pisa Baptistery
The Pisa Baptistery is the round baptistery of San Giovanni on Pisa's Piazza del Duomo, founded in 1152 opposite the cathedral and run by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana.
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Historic site · Tuscany
Camposanto Monumentale
The Camposanto Monumentale is the walled monumental cemetery on the north side of Pisa's Piazza del Duomo, founded in 1277, with fourteenth- and fifteenth-century frescoes on its inner walls.
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Park · Tuscany
Boboli Gardens
The Boboli Gardens are the garden laid out by the Medici behind Palazzo Pitti in Florence, with statues, grottoes and fountains, run by the Gallerie degli Uffizi.
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Museum · Tuscany
Palazzo Pitti
Palazzo Pitti is a former Medici grand-ducal palace beyond the Arno in Florence that now houses museums run by the Gallerie degli Uffizi.
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Travel Guide01
Italy travel guide: choosing regions and city bases
XTOUR plans Italy around city bases rather than regions: Rome, Florence, Venice, Verona, Milan, Naples, Bologna, Palermo, Genoa, Bolzano, Pisa and Siena. This guide says what each base is for, which major sites are in a city and which are only reached from one, and where XTOUR's more detailed guides take over.
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Travel Guide02
Why the Leaning Tower of Pisa leans, and how it was stabilised
Pisa's bell tower began to lean while it was still being built, because the ground beneath it gave way. This explainer sets out what Tuscany's tourism site and the geotechnical engineers who wrote up the 1990 to 2001 rescue say about the cause and the cure, and where their accounts differ.
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Travel Guide03
Is Tuscany a city? Italy's regions, provinces and city names explained
Tuscany is one of Italy's twenty regions, not a city: Florence is its capital, and Pisa and Siena are separate towns inside it. This explainer sets out how Italy's regions, provinces, metropolitan cities and municipalities fit together, why the English and Italian names differ, and why XTOUR records cities rather than regions.
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Travel Guide04
Florence, Pisa or Siena: choosing a Tuscan base
Florence, Pisa and Siena are three separate Tuscan towns, each with its own World Heritage listing and its own set of sites. This guide compares what is actually in each town, so a base can be chosen by the sites that matter rather than by the region's name.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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