Saturday 4 May 2013

Pisa's Campo Santo

Pilgrims travelled to Pisa in the Middle Ages because they came to visit the Campo Santo.
A legend says that the ground of the center of the cemetery is the same where Jesus Christ died, so it's a kind of holy ground; the legend also says that those who will die and rest inside the Campo Santo, will go directly to Heaven.
What I loved the most there are the chains of Porto Pisano, who are exhibited inside the Campo Santo. I don't know exactly why, but I think it's because I like Pisa's past sea-wars and, even if Pisa lost, the ones with Genoa is one of my favorite ones; and the fact that with the unity of Italy, Genoa gave back the chains to Pisa like a fraternity sign, I don't know, I just like that.
Maria Chiara

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