The Camposanto
The long wall of white marble running along the northern side of the square is a perimeter wall of the Camposanto. Legend has it that towards the end of the twelfth century, the then archbishop returned from the Crusades with a cargo of soil from Golgotha, that the cemetery's more noted occupants may be buried in holy earth.
At one time over 2000 metres of the cloister walls were frescoed. It was these frescoes that led Ruskin to value the Camposanto as one of the three most treasured buildings in Italy. Sadly, it was these frescoes that were all but completely destroyed by allied incendiary bombs in 1944.
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
The long wall of white marble running along the northern side of the square is a perimeter wall of the Camposanto. Legend has it that towards the end of the twelfth century, the then archbishop returned from the Crusades with a cargo of soil from Golgotha, that the cemetery's more noted occupants may be buried in holy earth.
At one time over 2000 metres of the cloister walls were frescoed. It was these frescoes that led Ruskin to value the Camposanto as one of the three most treasured buildings in Italy. Sadly, it was these frescoes that were all but completely destroyed by allied incendiary bombs in 1944.
Museo delle Sinopie
The last of the ‘attractions' within the Campo dei Miracoli, the entrance is bang in the middle of the line of souvenir stalls. This modern museum houses a collection of original sketches for the frescoes of the Camposanto.
Museo Nazionale di San Matteo
The museum is home first and foremost to a large collection of religious paintings. There is also a collection of Middle Eastern ceramics  as well as some of the antique armour and regalia used in the annual Gioco del Ponte celebrations.
L'orto botanico di Pisa
Pisa's botanic gardens are the oldest university gardens in Europe. To be found just off Via S. Maria (in Via Ghini), the gardens are a couple of minutes walk from the tower and offer a quiet haven from the hustle of the Campo dei Miracoli.