"The square known all over the world as the Square of Miracles, with its stately proportions and perfect architecture, is the loftiest example of the Pisan Romanesque style, a harmonious combination of classic, early Christian, Lombard and Oriental features. The buildings that compose it, although built in different ages, retain an extremely elegant stylistic consistency. The Cathedral, the Leaning Tower, the Baptistery and the Cemetery are, as a whole, an allegory of human life, highlighting its most important events"

Proposed by ICOMOS as a candidate, in 1987 Piazza del Duomo di Pisa was added to the List of UNESCO World Heritage Centres.

Registration: 1987
Criteria: C (i) (ii) (iv) (vi)
Reasons: Criterion (i): it is a masterpiece of man’s creative genius. Criterion (ii): it displays a major exchange of human values, in a cultural period or area of the world, in the developments of architecture and technology, of monumental, urban or landscape art. Criterion (iv): it is an exceptional example of a type of construction or architectural or technological or natural complex that is evidence of major steps in human history. Criterion (vi): it is directly or physically related to living events or traditions, to ideas, beliefs, artistic or literary works of exceptional universal value (the Committee believes that this criterion would warrant the inclusion in the lists only under exceptional circumstances in conjunction with other cultural or natural criteria)

UNESCO nomination: pdf

UNESCO World Heritage List: link