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Opening of the Opera del Duomo Museum

17 October 2019

In 1979 the Sisters Cappuccine, owners of an ancient building in the Piazza del Duomo in Pisa, decided to abandon their convent to retreat to a more suitable location. The Board of the Opera della Primaziale Pisana saw then the opportunity to fill that lack of space that the development of the Fabbriceria had long […]

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Anima Mundi Competition of Sacred Composition. Sixteenth edition

25 January 2024

The Opera della Primaziale Pisana and the Anima Mundi Festival of Sacred Music have launched the 16th Anima Mundi of the International Competition of Sacred Composition. Each composer will be able to participate in the competition with a single score which is entirely original and has never been published, performed or recorded previously. The text […]

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BAPTISTERY, THE MATRONEUM CAN BE FULLY VISITED AGAIN

30 November 2023

On December 2, the Baptistery reopens to visitors. It was closed for 2 months. After the restoration of the dome, the restoration of the matroneum has finally been completed and can be fully visited again. Very often the conclusion of one restoration site means the beginning of another. Also in this case the scaffolding has […]

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2023

27 November 2023

The appointment with the Christmas Concert is back, wanted and organized by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana with the contribution of the Pisa Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and which has reached its 18th edition this year. On the program is the Magnificat for mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra by the contemporary English composer John […]

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EUROPEAN CATHEDRALS – XII EDITION

6 November 2023

The equilibrium between Conservation and Spirituality On November 16th the twelfth conference devoted to the artistic, architectural and cultural heritage gathered around Europe’s most prestigious cathedrals opens to the online public. A complex geography in which the curators, gathered in Pisa for the two-day conference, move, at different latitudes, to pass on to future generations […]

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Baptistery under restoration

3 October 2023

The large restoration site continues. An essential part of the never ending challenge that the Opera della Primaziale Pisana faces in preserving the artistic and religious heritage. The Baptistery will be closed to visitors from 2 October to 1 December 2023.

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ANIMA MUNDI 2023 22nd EDITION

28 July 2023

Ph. Giannelli Anima Mundi is back for the twenty-second time to fill the Cathedral and Camposanto of Pisa with great music. Seven concerts, as per tradition, from 9 to 28 September, alternating great masterpieces of sacred inspiration, combining the Catholic and Protestant traditions in the spirit of ecumenism that is more current than ever today, […]

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ANIMA MUNDI 2023. THE PROGRAM AND THE WINNER OF THE COMPOSITION CONTEST

17 July 2023

Organised as always by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana, with the contribution of the Pisa Foundation and the patronage of the Municipality of Pisa, Anima Mundi is back for the twenty-second time to fill the Cathedral and Camposanto of Pisa with great music. Seven concerts, as per tradition, from 9 to 28 September, alternating great […]

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Anima Mundi 22nd edition. Press conference

12 July 2023

The program of the 22nd edition of the exhibition will be displayed during the press conference Monday, July 17, 2023 – 12:00 “G. Toniolo” Auditorium Piazza Arcivescovado n. 11 Speakers Dott. Andrea Maestrelli, Presidente dell’Opera della Primaziale Pisana Mons. Giuliano Catarsi, Arciprete del Capitolo della Chiesa Primaziale Maestro Guido Corti, Anima Mundi production manager Prof. […]

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Anima Mundi Competition of Sacred Composition. Fifteenth edition

25 January 2023

The Opera della Primaziale Pisana and the Anima Mundi Festival of Sacred Music have launched the 15th Anima Mundi of the International Competition of Sacred Composition. Each composer will be able to participate in the competition with a single score which is entirely original and has never been published, performed or recorded previously. The winner […]

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CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2022

24 November 2022

This year the Christmas concert is a tribute to the Pisan composer Giovan Carlo Maria Clari. Son of an artist, protected in his youth by the same Grand Prince Ferdinando di Toscana who supported Alessandro Scarlatti and encouraged the first steps of Georg Friedrich Händel, from 1724 to his death the composer was at the […]

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