B&B Da Leo

B&B Da Leo

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B & B Leo is located in St. Martin one of the four most important neighborhoods of Pisa offers a wide choice of restaurants, shopping, nightlife and a tourist route

The district takes its name from San Martino church
Church of St. Martin was founded in 1332 by the will of Count Boniface Gherardesca. The large brick building, with sides and apse decorated with pilasters and arches was rebuilt in the seventeenth century. On the main altar are the remains of Santa Bona, a lay saint patron of Pisa flight attendants.
 

It offers a tourist route

Departure from New Citadel in Lungarno Fibonacci. Better known as the "garden overcooked", as the Fortress
The Lungarno Fibonacci was opened before the Second World War, when it was built the Ponte della Vittoria. On this part of the neighborhood overlook some important buildings such as Palazzo Lanfranchi now owned by the City and used for exhibitions and conferences. The Palace of Scorn and the Garden of the Palazzo dei Consoli del Mare, which according to tradition was the residence of the Gherardesca.

A little further on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with an octagonal bell tower of stone and brick, and the Praetorian Palace), home from 1825 to 1846 the Academy of Fine Arts, founded by Carlo Lasinio.

Lungarno Galilei ends in Piazza XX Settembre onto which the seventeenth century Lodges of benches that replaced the square where in the Middle Ages were the stalls and shops of the merchants. In front of them Ponte di Mezzo, probably the oldest in the city and which is held every year on the Battle of the Bridge. From Lodges benches walk along Corso Italy, where there is the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, built between 1324 and 1328. Its importance was demonstrated by the wealth of works of art, kept, including the large polyptych by Masaccio, dismantled and divided among several museums, including Pisa is only the Sao Paulo Museum of San Matteo.