Tag: Pisa
Pisa: Camposanto

Wie naar de Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa gaat, zal kaartjes moeten kopen om de diverse attracties te kunnen bezoeken. Combinatiekaarten zijn beschikbaar, en men kan kiezen of men slechts één of juist diverse attracties wil bezichtigen, of alles. Aangezien er een lange rij stond van mensen die de Scheve…
Pisa: Het Baptisterium en de Scheve Toren
Pisa: De Duomo
Lex Villia Annalis: The Year 180 BCE

Summary The epidemic in Rome and Italy continues to claim many lives, including those of several magistrates and priests; The Lex Villia Annalis sets minimum age requirements for holding the public offices of aedile, praetor and consul; The proconsuls Publius Cornelius Cethegus and Marcus Baebius Tamphilus force the Ligurian Apuani…
Prelude to the Seleucid War: The Year 193 BCE

Summary A Lex Sempronia curbs usury; Many Romans seek exemption from military service, but the Senate refuses to grant dispensations; A large army of Ligurians surrounds Pisa, but withdraws when the consul Quintus Minucius Thermus arrives with his army; The consul Lucius Cornelius Merula wins a bloody, but decisive victory…
Pisa: Baptistery and Leaning Tower

The Duomo, discussed previously, is the oldest building in the Piazza dei Miracoli, or rather the building whose construction started first. Numbers two and three are the Baptistery and the Leaning Tower. Almost everyone in The Netherlands knows the Leaning Tower. Not because they have all been to Pisa, but…