Since 1749 Pisa celebrates the New Year on March 25th and not only on January 1st. In fact Pisa used to follow its own calendar and celebrate New Year on March 25th that was the Annunciation, occurring 9 months before the Gregorian calendar. Peculiarity of this day it’s the fact that at 12 o’clock a ray of light penetrates through one of the Duomo’s stained glass windows and hits a marble egg on Giovanni Pisano’s pulpit – this year it…
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