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 Orto botanico di PisaCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text is Europe's oldest university botanical garden.
• The Palazzo RealeCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text ("Royal Palace").
• Palazzo GambacortiCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text, a Gothic building of the 14th century.
• Palazzo AgostiniCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text, a Gothic building
• Museo dell'Opera del DuomoCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text: where there are the original sculptures of Nicola Pisano and Giovanni Pisano.
• Museo delle SinopieCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text: showing the sinopias from the camposanto, the monumental cemetery.
• Museo Nazionale di S. MatteoCategory:Articles containing Italian-language text: 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

•  Denmark, Kolding
•  France, Angers
•  Israel, Acre
•  USA, Niles
•  Germany, Unna
•  Italy, Cagliari