Museo delle Sinopie

Museo delle Sinopie displays the preparatory drawings discovered beneath frescoes from Pisa's Camposanto after wartime damage forced restorers to detach the painted surfaces. These red underdrawings show the planning behind some of the Campo dei Miracoli's most important medieval mural cycles.

It is easy to miss beside the cathedral, tower, and baptistery, but it rewards visitors interested in art, conservation, and the long recovery of Pisa's damaged frescoes.

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