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 PisaPisa is one of the chief towns in the region of Tuscany, situated the on the alluvial plain of the River Arno, and is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Popular for its landing tower, Pisa is one of the most important historic and artistic places in Italy. Its name has uncertain origins: people often think it derives from the homonym Greek city of Elide, whose inhabitants found the Italian Pisa, just after the Trojan War. Other historians think it derives from the ancient Etruscan word used to say “outfall”. The most probable hypothesis is that it comes from the Ligurian dialect, “marshy place”. A glorious past...From the IX century, Pisa began stating its maritime vocation, fighting against the Muslims, then becoming a powerful Maritime Republic. It took actively part to the crusades, deducing extremely good economic advantages from the kings of Jerusalem. During the XII century, Pisa had a very busy mercantile time all over the Mediterranean Sea: laying strong bases in Cyprus, Syria, Turkey and Egypt; maintaining good relationships with the Muslims and removing the competition with Amalfi, through the war. The decline began at the end of XIII century when the city was defeated by the brilliant tactics of the Genoese fleet, in the dramatic naval Battle of Meloria. This defeat ended the maritime power of Pisa and the town never fully recovered: in 1290, the Porto Pisano (Pisa's Port) was destroyed forever and covered with salt by the Genoeses. Pisa got definitively submitted to Florence after a long and bloody war, in 1509. Not to be missed in PisaThe Leaning Tower is surely the symbol of this city, but it is just one of the many works of art and architecture in Piazza dei Miracoli, that is the old town centre:
Pisa has plenty of marvellous museums as well as restaurants and bars. You will easily find events and things to do, in order to fully enjoy the beauty of this unforgettable place... Typical dishesThe Pisan cuisine offers land and sea specialities and some particular recipes, like: the “soup of white St Michele's beans”, “bavettine sul pesce” (special flattened spaghetti, seasoned with a lovely fish sauce), “soup of mussels” served on slices of Tuscan bread, “soup of frogs”. Among the seconds, you will easily find succulent dishes pheasants, boars, coots, rabbits and ducks based. One of the typical dessert is “torta coi vischeri”, a delicious cake with pine-seeds, raisin, chocolate and and candy citrus. The best local wines are: Chianti delle Colline Pisane, Montescudaio and Montecarlo.
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Other towns in the area: Arezzo, Asciano, Badia a Ruoti, Badia Agnano, Bagni di Lucca, Barberino Val d'Elsa, Bucine, Casole d'Elsa, Castelfiorentino, Castellina in Chianti, Castelnuovo Berardenga , Castiglion Fiorentino, Castiglioncello, Certaldo, Cetona, Chianciano Terme, Chiusi, Civitella della Chiana, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Cortona, Empoli, Figline Valdarno, Florence, Foiano della Chiana, Gaiole in Chianti, Gambassi Terme, Ghizzano, Greve in Chianti, Lamporecchio, Laterina , Lucca, Lucignano, Marciano della Chiana, Empoli, Molazzana, Montaione, Montalcino, Monte San Savino, Montecatini-Terme, Montefollonico, Montepulciano, Monteriggioni, Montisi, Nievole, Panzano in Chianti, Pienza, Pieve Fosciana, Pistoia, Pitigliano, Poggibonsi, Poppi, Porciano, Pozzo della Chiana, Rignano sull'Arno, Rigomagno, Rosignano Solvay, San Baronto, San Casciano dei Bagni, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, San Gimignano, San Miniato, San Quirico d'Orcia, Sarteano, Scandicci, Seravezza, Siena, Sinalunga, Sorano, Torrita di Siena, Trequanda, Vagliagli, Viareggio, Volterra |
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