cover from Italy

On 4th February I got a cover from Italy.

Three stamps were used on the cover, two definitives from the lovely Women in Art series and one about the Renaissance Walls in Lucca (issued 30-11-2013). They were cancelled with two different special postmarks. 

In the cover was a written and stamped postcard.

It shows the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The Leaning Tower was began in 1173 as standalone tower of Pisa's Cathedral, but a few years after the construction started it began to lean to one side. Due to that the construction was stopped for roughly 100 years, resumed, stopped again and just finished in 1372. The tower is one of the four buildings on the Piazza del Duomo, an important centre of European medieval art. Nowadays the Leaning Tower is one of the most famous buildings of Italy and the whole square is regarded as one of the World's finest architectural complexes. The Piazza del Duomo is since 1987 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

A stamp about one of Pisa's most famous sons was used on the card. It commemorates the 850th birthday of Leonardo Fibonacci (issued 23-11-2020), who is said to have been the greatest European mathematician of the Middle Ages. He popularised the Hindu-Arabic numeral system in Europa and is also known for the Fibonacci numbers. The stamp was cancelled with a First Day Special Postmark.

Thank You very much Erika!