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Camposanto Monumentale

The Camposanto is the last monument built on the Piazza dei Miracoli. It was founded in 1277 to gather the tombs scattered around the cathedral, at the wish of Archbishop Federico Visconti, who wanted it spacious, dignified and secluded. In the 14th century, Francesco Traini and Buonamico Buffalmacco painted its walls with the Triumph of Death and the Last Judgement. The cycle continued with works by Andrea Bonaiuti, Antonio Veneziano, Spinello Aretino, Taddeo Gaddi, Piero di Puccio and Benozzo Gozzoli, who finished the Old Testament scenes in the mid-15th century. The fire of 1944 severely damaged the frescoes, which were detached from the walls and restored; the Triumph of Death returned to its place on 6 June 2018. In the early 19th century it became one of the first public museums in Europe. It is on the north side of the square.

Things to do at Camposanto Monumentale: 4 missions

• Walk through the galleries around the courtyardWalk along the enclosed galleries around the courtyard and photograph the passage between the painted walls and the central lawn.
• Look for Buffalmacco's Triumph of DeathWalk along the galleries to Buffalmacco's fresco and find the scene of the young hunters in front of three corpses.
• Compare the Last Judgement and HellNext to the Triumph of Death, look at the Last Judgement and Hell, painted in the same 14th-century cycle.
• Find Gozzoli's frescoesLook for the Old Testament scenes Benozzo Gozzoli finished in the mid-15th century and notice how he tells the story scene by scene.

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Source: Web oficial - Opera della Primaziale Pisana