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San Nicola, Pisa

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The lower part starts at the top of each side with blind arches including lozenges. The bell has instead a good plan, with a single mullioned window on each side, and is surrounded by a gallery with small arches supported by columns. The cusp has a pyramidal shape.
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The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Section in a Lunette Decoration of the Medieval Church of San Nicola in Pisa
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San Nicola is mentioned for the first time, together with the annexed convent, in 1097. In 1297–1313 the
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The façade features pilaster strips, blind arches and lozenges, and is decorated with 12th century
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gentlewoman residing in the latter to reach the church without walking in the streets.
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The polychrome effect was obtained by using stones from different locations.
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The octangular bell tower, the second most famous in the city after the
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The Fibonacci Sequence in a lunette intarsia in San Nicola
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14th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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Pisa
Tuscany
Italy
Augustinians
Giovanni Pisano
Matteo Nigetti
intarsia
Matteo Traini
Giovanni Stefano Marucelli
Giovanni Biliverti
Giovanni Pisano
Nino Pisano
Francesco di Valdambrino
Torre De Cantone
Palazzo delle Vedove
Medici


Leaning Tower
Diotisalvi
Page on the bell tower at Pisa's comune website
The Fibonacci Sequence in a lunette intarsia in San Nicola
The Fibonacci Sequence and the Golden Section in a Lunette Decoration of the Medieval Church of San Nicola in Pisa
An Italian Fibonacci-based design
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Tourism
Pisa

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