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Pisa, the amazing church of the pirate knights - Ep. 129

Apr 21, 2023 · 30m 15s
Pisa, the amazing church of the pirate knights - Ep. 129
Chapters

01 · Hidden in plain sight

38s

02 · The order of the pirate knights

3m 18s

03 · Small church, big history

9m 21s

04 · How the flags ended in Pisa

15m 30s

05 · The swords of Islam

19m 48s

06 · History and music

23m 46s

07 · Outro

29m 3s

Description

While at first the idea of having hundreds of episodes dedicated to a relatively small region sounded preposterous, the more we delve into Tuscan history, the more surprises we bump...

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While at first the idea of having hundreds of episodes dedicated to a relatively small region sounded preposterous, the more we delve into Tuscan history, the more surprises we bump into. Take, for example, a place like Pisa: I've gone to college there and almost every day I went into one of Italy's best piazzas, Piazza dei Cavalieri. Little did I know that the small church right next to the imposing Palazzo della Carovana hosts a veritable treasure trove for history buffs like yours truly. Inside this richly decorated church there is the largest collection of war banners from the other side of the Mediterranean. How did they end there? Well, they were the spoils of war of a very weird chivalric order that, for a couple of centuries became rich and powerful by capturing ships and ransoming their captains. Their story is as incredible as little known, also by locals. That's why this week What's Up Tuscany will bring you to the city of the Leaning Tower to tell you everything there is to know about one of its best kept secrets, the Chiesa di Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri, the church of the pirate knights.

If you listen to the full episode I will tell you the remarkable history of the order created by the Medicis to avoid another nationalist uprising in Pisa, how it became powerful enough to play a crucial role in the battle that pretty much decided the future of Europe and how carrying there the war flags of the captured ships became an important tradition. There will be also space to look at the most beautiful of those flags, their symbolism and also the many souvenirs of the days where the ships from Pisa fought the infidels on the Mare Nostrum are kept both inside the church and in the palace next door that now hosts one of Europe's top academic institutions. Next time you come to Pisa, take some time to explore this amazing part of town. It has much more to offer than Piazza dei Miracoli: you only need to know where to look.
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LINKS TO SOURCES (ITALIAN ONLY)
https://altmarius.ning.com/profiles/blogs/le-bandiere-ottomane-come-bottino-da-guerra-a-pisa-le-icone-delle
http://www.antropologiaartesacra.it/ALESSIO_VARISCO_PISASantoStefanoDeiCavalieri.html
https://alleanzacattolica.org/i-vessilli-della-battaglia-di-lepanto/

BACKGROUND MUSIC
Pipe Choir - Bom Bom Breakthrough (Instrumental)
Pipe Choir - Ignite to Light (Instrumental)
Mike Chino - Calm and Harmony
Pipe Choir - Children of the Son (Instrumental)
Cityfires - Blood Problems
Pipe Choir - A Slave to Nothing (Instrumental)
Wayne John Bradley - Blues Rock Original Instrumental
All released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-bom-bom-breakthrough-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-ignite-to-light-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/mike-chino-calm-and-harmony
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pc-one-children-of-the-son-creative-commons-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/ljayofficial/blood-problems-instrumentalby-cityfires
https://soundcloud.com/pipe-choir-2/pipe-choir-a-slave-to-nothing-instrumental
https://soundcloud.com/ayneohnradley/blues-rock-original-instrumentalcreative-commons
http://www.pipechoir.com/
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