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Pisa travel guide

about Pisa

Pisa (population 90,000) is a city in Tuscany, Italy at the mouth of the river Arno on the Mediterranean.

Pisa history

Already existing during the Etruscan and Roman times, Pisa reached its apex in the Middle Ages when it was one of the 4 Marine Republics of Italy (Repubbliche Marinare), together with Genoa, Amalfi and Venice.

At that time the city was a very important commercial center and controlled a significant Mediterranean fleet. It conquered part of Sardinia and succesfully defeated several rival town in Sicily and in the south of Italy; its fleet also took part in the crusades. Pisa used the richness it had accumulated in those years to build the monuments that constitutes the Campo dei Miracoli.

The town had an indipendent republican government and was ruled by a city council. Pisa always sided with the pro-imperial Ghibellines, actively supporting emperors such as Frederick Barbarossa, Frederick II and Henry VII. Those emperors acknowledged Pisa indipendence and were grateful for its loyalty such that the town was chosen to host the spoils of Henry King of Germans, the son of Frederick II. The spoils still rest in the Pisa Cathedral.

The decline began in 1284 when it was defeated by Genoa in the naval Battle of Meloria. The defeat ended the marine power of Pisa and the town never fully recovered. It tried to rebuild its power in the course of the 14th century but was eventually conquered by Florence in 1406. Galileo Galilei lived and was born here.

Near cities to Pisa

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• Reggio nell Emilia travel guide 110 km
• Modena travel guide 110 km
• Bologna travel guide 110 km
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• Modena - Campus area webcam 110 km
• Bologna - Freight Village webcam 110 km
• Mount Portofino webcam 120 km
• Genoa webcam 140 km
• Cremona webcam 160 km

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