Cheap Things To Do in Pistola, Tuscany, Italy

The current incarnation of San Zeno dates from 1220, soon after which an old defensive tower close by, bristling with Ghibelline swallowtail crenellations, was given a respectable church clothing of Romanesque striped arches and ... More on Frommers

This remarkable chapel was built in 1360 by a branch of the Franciscan order that cared for the sick and those with disabilities and whose members wore a Greek Tau as their symbol. In the 1500s a private citizen bought it and whitewashed ... More on Frommers

This 1280 church squats a block inside the southern walls of town. The first item on the right as you enter is the tomb of Filippo Lazzari, one of Dante's best friends. The scholar lectures on eternally in the relief panel ... More on Frommers

A local bank now owns the old Bishop's Palace wedged between the Duomo and the Baptistery, but they keep their archaeological and Duomo-related collections open to the public via a guided tour. The highlights of the excavation ... More on Frommers

The side facade of this tiny but supremely Romanesque church is one of the most photographed sites in Pistoia, an orderly festival of blind arcades, inlaid diamond lozenges, and stripes to put a zebra to shame. Inside is ... More on Frommers

Pistoia's most worthwhile museum is housed in the 1294 Palazzo del Comune, sprouting a hard-to-see basalt black head from the early 14th century that local legends make out to be either a Moorish king of Mallorca, enslaved ... More on Frommers

"St. Bartholomew in the Swamp" is a 12th-century enlargement of an 8th-century church that has been sinking slowly into its namesake bog for more than a millennium. In the very dark interior, you may be able to make out the 13th-century ... More on Frommers

This baptistery was built in those strong Pistoian bands of dark green and white by Cellino di Nesi from 1337 to 1359, based on a design by Andrea Pisano. The Gothic pulpit set to the right of the entrance was added in 1399, and ... More on Frommers

Inside the tall crenellated 14th-century Palazzo Pretorio in Prato's civic heart, the communal museum kick... More on Frommers

色彩豊かで優しい絵のフィリッピーノ・リッピ誕生の街でフィレンツェから２０分ということで日帰りで行ったものの、市立美術館には親爺のフィリッポと息子のフィリッピーノ・リッピの絵は数える程しかなく、然程秀作とも言えない印... More on TripAdvisor

Inside this barnlike Dominican church finished by Giovanni Pisano in 1322 is a Niccolò Gernini Crucifix on the second altar on the right, a pair of Matteo Rosselli works ( Madonna and St.... More on Frommers

ここは長いサン・ドメニコ教会の外周に沿って歩き、広場とは反対側に回った所が入り口。柱廊のある中庭を横切り、上がった2階が展示室。 フィリッポ・リッピと息子のフィリッピーノ・リッピの壁画が3点ずつと、ベルナルド・ダッディ、アニョーロ・ダッディ、ルカ・シニョレッリ、ロレンツォ・モナコ、ジョヴァンニ・ディ・ミラーノ等の壁画が並んでいる。フィリッポ・リッピに帰属される｢聖ユリアヌスを伴う受胎告知｣と... More on TripAdvisor