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.

Culture sector collects its own 1,30% of all provincial companies (10% of Tuscany‘s culture companies). In the first quarter of 2007, active companies were amounting to 470 units, increasing of 83 units compared to 2002. This positive trend (+21%) is in line with the Tuscan trend ...

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