Back in Pisa-The Baptistry and the Camposanto

Whilst our family was at Mass we took the opportunity to see the Baptistry and the Camposanto. They were very reasonably priced about 3 Euros each.

We were standing up on the second level when we heard beautiful singing. There was a woman standing down just by the baptistry, which was the best place acoustically. Apart from the baptistry, the stained glass windows and some funky stuff on the floor, there's not a lot inside. Still worth a visit though.


The Camposanto was the burial place of the Pisan upper class for centuries. It contains many frescoes and statues as well as sarcophagi.

Many of the frescoes are in ruins. Apparently,on the 27th of July 1944 incendiary bombs dropped by Allied aircraft set the roof on fire and covered them in molten lead, all but destroying them.