HISTORY OF ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE

DUOMO PISA

: Duomo Pisa, Italy, Pisa; 1063-1118, Bell Tower 1173-1350;

• The Duomo Pisa (Cathedral Pisa) is the largest Romanesque church i Tuscany. This buildings have great unity in spite of using various architectual elements such as mozaic of Byzantine, pointed Islamic arch, small arcade of Lombardy and colonnade of Old Roma.

• Duomo Pisa and Bell Tower

• The wall is covered with white and pink marble.
  The dome at the Crossing is additional at later period.
• The Bell Tower was designed by Bonanno. The tower is inclining since the construction and still going on.

• Inside of Duomo Pisa
  
  
• The Duomo is a five-naved basilica with three-naved transept.
• There are 68 Corinthian columns inside and wooden ceiling.

• Windows
  
  Look at the slender mullions made by stone.

Photo: Shoji Hiramatsu

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