Pisa
The
principal town of the Tuscan province having the same name. Number
of Inhabitants: 89.694 (Source: Istat 2001). Crossing the river
Arno.
Connection: Pisa is on the main domestic railway lines
and it is good connected to the main italian and northeuropean
cities. The airoport
of Pisa "Galileo Galilei", near the city centre,
offers various domestic and international flights. Here is the
connection from and to Pisa by car: SGC Firenze - Pisa - Livorno
to the Motorway A1 and A12, and to Firenze, Empoli, Siena, Pontedera,
Valdera, Livorno;
SS n. 1 Aurelia to Grosseto, Livorno, Viareggio, Versilia, Massa,
Carrara, La Spezia;
SS n. 12 "dell’Abetone e del Brennero" to Lucca,
Garfagnana, Abetone, Modena;
SS n. 224 to Marina di Pisa, Tirrenia Calambrone, Port of Livorno;
SS n. 67 to Firenze, Empoli, Siena, San Miniato, Pontedera, Valdera,
Volterra;
SS n. 206 to Cecina, Castagneto Carducci, San Vincenzo.
History of City: Pisa is cited in the tenth book of
Eneide. Around the 7th century B.C. there was already a settlement
on the coast where currently there is Marina di Pisa. In the 6th
century B.C., in the same period when Volterra was being founded,
Pisa entered the dominance of the Etruscans. Afterwards, Pisa
became a part of the Roman Empire. In the early medieval ages,
Pisa became an important centre in the Mediterranean, thanks to
the grandeur of its naval fleet. The Pisan boats used to defend
the city from the enemy attacks and the maritime commerce quickly
helped flourish the city economically. Starting from 1098 the
Pisans took part in the crusades.
In 1509, Pisa was conquested by the Florentines then governed
by the Medicis.
After the death of the Grand Gian Castone, the last of the Medicis
who died without an heir in 1737, the government of Tuscany was
entrusted to the Duke Francesco I of the Lorenas, who is succeeded
by Pietro Leopoldo I, Ferdinando II, Ferdinando III and finally
Leopoldo II. After the brief Napoleonic era, in 1815, the congress
of Wien entrusted to the Lorenas the government of the united
Tuscany which would be part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.
Places
to visit: Battistero,
Certosa di Calci,
Duomo, Santa
Maria della Spina, San
Michele degli Scalzi, San
Paolo a Ripa d'Arno, San
Piero a Grado, La
Torre Pendente,
Folklore:
Gioco del Ponte,
Luminara, Regata
delle Repubbliche Marinare, Regata
Storica
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