Pisa - August 2024

August 2024

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Here we are in Pisa!

We had climbed the stairs to the Duomo in Florence, in the morning so were pretty tired by the time we actually arrived in Pisa and ended up having a big nap once we arrived! But we saw a lot of Pisa including a beautiful sunset over the tower.

I am testing your memory... are you ready Britt?

1. We tourists call this tower the Leaning Tower of Pisa, but what is its real name? *

Torre pendente di Pisa Torre Pisa Punta Torre Piazza del Duomo

2. The tower is the ________ oldest structure in Pisa's Cathedral Square *

First Second Third Fourth

3. The architectural style of the tower is: *

Gothic Romanesque Arabian

4. Who was a famous astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher and mathematician who was born in Pisa? *

Deb Rogers Giovanni Pisano Galileo Galilei

5. This is the inside of the dome in one of the buildings. Which building? *

Church Cemetery Baptistry

6. See the small squares in the ceiling... what are they called? *

klappers smakkers coffers waffles

7. This is the first __________ you have seen. ~The guy blessing the people~ *

Mosaic Pantomime Arch Pantocrator

8. This is the school where only really smart people are allowed to go. (Of course you were a student there) What is the name of this school? Some even say it is where the Nobel prize is awarded... *

Scuola Abnormale Superiore di Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Scuola Lorne Ave. Scuola Normale Superiore di Pope on a Rope

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