Once a maritime republic, fierce rival of Genoa, Pisa is now separated from the sea by the Migliarino natural reserve and the estate of San Rossore (the former presidential summer residence), ideal settings for pleasant walks amid the umbrella pine woods.
It is worldly renowned for the Romanesque ensemble of the Leaning Tower, the Duomo, the Graveyard all gathered in the Piazza dei Miracoli.
It is here where Galileo Galilei started his first experiments on gravity.
The river Arno crosses the town from east to west and its scenic Lungarno (boulevards flanking the river) offer a wide choice of monuments i.e. San Matteo National Museum in the Medici palace on the right bank and the gothic chased marble work of the Santa Maria alla Spina church on the left bank.
Furthermore, Pisa is one of the major university town in Italy and hosts the Scuola Normale Superiore, the excellence for science and mathematics department.
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