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Baptistry
It looks like an ornament from a richly iced wedding-cake, but it is a 16th century building. |
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Jewish Cemetary 11: From above
looking down from the city walls. |
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Jewish Cemetary 12: monuments
I see now that what I had thought was an eagle was in fact a scroll, a far more likely symbol! |
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Jewish Cemetary 13: Carolina Essinger
Tombs seen from above. The writing is upside-down, because it is written to be read from the other side. |
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Jewish Cemetary 14: tombs and pillar
More tombs and a broken pillar monument; I’m only guessing that the pillars were constructed like that, and not broken off after they were erected. It has been suggested to me that it [...] [more...] |
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Jewish Cemetary 15: Corrado Lopez
The tomb on the right is that of someone called Corrado Lopez, [more...] |
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Jewish Cemetary 16: Stone monuments
Even the afternoon sunlight cannot penetrate the farthest corners of the graveyard. |
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Leaning Baptistry of Pisa
Actually I think it’s distortion from the fish-eye lens. The Christian cemetery is on the left, and the cathedral is in the left just behind the baptistry. You can also just make out the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa behind that, with a flag flying. [more...] |
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Jewish Cemetary 17: 1944
It is no surprise that there are a graves with dates during the Second World War. |
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Jewish Cemetary 18: rows of tombs
Tombs and monuments in the afternoon sun. |
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Jewish Cemetary 19: City wall
The ancient city wall the separates the Jewish Cemetary from the city of Pisa and from the Christian Field of Miracles. |
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Jewish Cemetary 20: City wall
Actually this one is pretty similar to the last one, with the slightly overgrown ancient stone wall. |
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