The city of Pisa lies just above sea level along a bend of the River Arno, on a wide alluvial plain whose reclamation started as early as the 10th century. Repeated human intervention resulted in an alteration of the course of the river. The present appearance of the city reflects the radical ...

The province of Pisa has numerous research facilities of great importance, especially public. In particular, the universities are three: University of Pisa, founded in 1343; Scuola Normale Superiore, founded in 1810; Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, founded in 1987.

La presenza di un sistema di formazione qualificato con incidenza preponderante di laureati in ingegneria e di centri altamente specializzati, come il Quantum Information Competence Center: assicura alle imprese del settore la capacità di operare ai fini di un rapido sviluppo di nuovi processi e prodotti e di sviluppare soluzioni innovative trasversali agli altri comparti produttivi.

"To become one of the top five centres of attraction in Italy for foreign and national direct investments by making the most of the potentials of an economic system that can grow according to the need of the current world, based on:- a system of wide and potentially unlimited knowledge;- the promotion of an invaluable natural, artistic and experiential heritage".