A romantic in Tuscany: Alessandro Gherardesca and the transformation of Pisa’s Piazza del Duomo

Pisa’s Piazza del Duomo is well known as a public space of medieval origin. This article explores its nineteenth-century transformation, presenting the project as one of the most symbolic and evocative examples of Romanticism in Italian urban space. Before this transformation, Pisa, a secondary city...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Melis, Julia Gatley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-01-01
Series:Cogent Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311886.2018.1487256