Pisa - Camposanto Monumentale

A legend tells, that Ubaldo Lanfranchi, archbishop of Pisa, returning home from the cruisade in 1203, brought home a shipload of sacred soil from Golgotha.

This was the start of this cemetery. The construction of the oblong cloister began in 1278, stopped after the Battle of Meloria (1284) and was finally completed in 1464.

Sarcophagi line the walls. Seen in the background is the cupola of the cathedral and the top of the Leaning Tower. During WW2 the Camposanto got severely damaged.