Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy, 1909 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy, 1909, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy
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Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy, 1909
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Pisa in 1909 was a provincial city in Tuscany that had long since lost the maritime power it held in the High Middle Ages, when its fleets contested trade with Genoa and Venice. By the early twentieth century its economy rested on agriculture, small manufacturing, and a growing number of visitors arriving by the rail line that connected the city to Florence and the Ligurian coast. The Campo dei Miracoli, the walled green where the cathedral, baptistry, and bell tower stand, drew tourists and photographers, and the tower's lean, which had been noticed since construction in the twelfth century, was already a famous curiosity. This panorama records that scene as travelers of the period would have known it, with the monuments of the old republic still the city's defining landmarks.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | moffett studio |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Italy |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,280 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, Italy |
| Reference | ITALY Leaning Tower, Baptistry & Cathedral, Pisa, 1909 |
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