Bonanno Pisano
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Bonanno Pisano (born in
Vite. Pisano was born in Pisa and worked there most of his life. In the 1180s, he departed for Monreale, in Sicily, where he completed the doors to the cathedral before returning to Pisa, where he died. Pisano was buried at the foot of the leaning tower, where his sarcophagus
was discovered in 1820. Bonanno contributed to the Tower of Pisa in 1175, one year after the construction began.
Between March 1179 and March 1180, he created the bronze Porta Reale of the cathedral of Pisa, which was destroyed in the 1595 fire.
The San Ranieri gate in Pisa
From 1186 on, he constructed the San Ranieri door, at the right
Christ
.
The gate of the cathedral of Monreale
Constructed between 1185 and 1186, the gate is signed Bonanno civis pisanus. It depicts five scenes of the Old Testament at the bottom, starting with Adam and Eve, and five scenes of the New Testament at the top, ending in "Christ and Mary in the glory of Paradise”
Joseph Bonanno ancestry
The Italian-American mafia boss Joseph Bonanno claimed to be a descendant of Pisano,[1] and was known to joke about the Leaning Tower of Pisa saying that "even that was crooked".[citation needed]
References
Sources
- Milone, Antonio (2004). "Bonanno Pisano". In Castelnuovo, Enrico (ed.). Artifex bonus. Rome–Bari: Editori Laterza. pp. 82–89.
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