The Piazza dei Miracoli, formally known as Piazza del Duomo, is a walled 8.87-hectare compound in central Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, recognized as an important center of European medieval art and one of th
The Baptistry in the foreground, the Duomo and the Campanile in the background
Pisa Cathedral with the Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Pisa Griffin is a large bronze sculpture of a griffin, a mythical beast, that has remained in Pisa, Italy since the Middle Ages despite its Islamic origin, specifically late 11th or early twelfth
The Pisa Griffin, in the Pisa Cathedral Museum; H. 107 centimetres (42 in); L. 90 centimetres (35 in); W. 46 centimetres (18 in)
The Pisa Griffin in the Pisa Cathedral's chapter house, 2014
View of the Pisa Griffin from the posterior end
Detail of the head of the Pisa Griffin