Pisa

Pisa is a city and a comune in Tuscany, Italy. About 90,000 people live in the city. The city has a very long and turbulent history. The "Leaning Tower of Pisa" is a famous landmark of Pisa.

 Important buildings 
 The Leaning Tower, the most famous image of the city.
 Campo dei Miracoli (in English: "Square of Miracles") in the north of the old town center.
 Duomo di Pisa.
 The Baptistry.
 The Camposanto (The monumental cemetery of the city).
 Piazza dei Cavalieri, (the "Knights' Square" in English).
 Church o Santo Steano dei cavalieri,in the "Knights' Square".
 St. Sixtus,a small church.
 The church of St. Francis, designed by Giovanni di Simone, built after 1276. In 1343 new chapels were added and the church was elevated.
 Church of San Frediano, built by 1061.
 Church of San Nicola, built by 1097, was enlarged between 1297 and 1313
 The small church of Santa Maria della Spina,
 The church of San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno,
 Lungarno, the avenues along the river Arno.
 The Medici Palace, a building of the Appiano family, who ruled Pisa in 1392–1398. In 1400 the Medici acquired it, and Lorenzo de' Medici lived here.
 The  is Europe's oldest university botanical garden.
 The  ("Royal Palace").
 , a Gothic building of the 14th century.
 , a Gothic building
 : where there are the original sculptures of Nicola Pisano and Giovanni Pisano.
 : showing the sinopias from the camposanto, the monumental cemetery.
 : exhibiting sculptures and painting from 12th century–15th century,of Giovanni and Andrea Pisano, the Master of San Martino, Simone Martini, Nino Pisano and Masaccio.

 Famous people born in Pisa 
 Jason Acuña
 Guglielmo Agnelli
 Christian Amoroso
 Anselm of Capraia
 Gerardo Appiani
 Giovanni di Balduccio
 Iacopo Balestri
 Michele Bartoli
 Ercole Bazicaluve
 Alfredo Biondi
 Alessandro Birindelli
 Bona of Pisa
 Guido Buffarini Guidi
 Philippe Buonarroti
 Ulisse Dini
 Pope Eugene III
 Fibonacci
 Galileo Galilei
 Giovanni Galli
 Orazio Gentileschi
 Ugolino della Gherardesca
 Ignazio Hugford
 Enrico Letta
 Fabio Lione
 Dario Marianelli
 Francesco Marianini
 Giuseppe Melani
 Antonio Pacinotti
 Pandolfo Masca of Pisa
 Andrea Parola
 Giovanni Pisano
 Nino Pisano
 Bruno Pontecorvo
 Gillo Pontecorvo
 Girolamo Riminaldi
 Orazio Riminaldi
 Titta Ruffo
 Rustichello da Pisa
 Paolo Savi
 Sidney Sonnino
 Marco Storari
 Antonio Tabucchi
 Terramagnino da Pisa
 Francesco Traini
 Soozie Tyrell

 Sisters cities 
 , Kolding
 , Angers
 , Acre
 , Niles
 , Unna
 , Cagliari


Category:Capital cities in Italy