Country house in the Tuscan hills
Pisa
boasts a thousand-year history (the name of the city dates back to Etruscan times and alludes to the nearby "mouth of the Arno") which reached its peak at the time of the Maritime Republics, a period that made the city center a treasure chest artistic, in which Romanesque and Gothic churches stand out.
Walking through these streets also means moving between legendary university buildings, whose importance has not diminished over the centuries.
Discovering Pisa means getting lost in squares populated by students who crowd the nightclubs keeping alive the medieval city, and it is a pleasure to spend an evening at the tables of the bars in Piazza delle Vettovaglie or Piazza della Pera. Moving through alleys and lungarni, you discover jewels
such as Santa Maria della Spina, the seat of the Scuola Normale in Piazza dei Cavalieri, the Palazzo Blu exhibitions and sooner or later you inevitably end up attracted by the magnetic charm of Piazza dei Miracoli, where every element is unique and hides secrets that add mystery to the splendor. Starting from the Baptistery (from the unique acoustics, if you happen to be able to attend a singing exhibition inside you will hear the walls sound like an instrument, while the different acoustic moments chase each other answering until one minute after being sung ), to the left of which there is the Camposanto Monumentale, which overlooks the square articulating its 130 meters in 43 blind arches. The Cathedral, built starting in 1063, is the absolute masterpiece of Romanesque-Pisan architecture, while behind it the famous Tower will never cease to amaze you.
Pisa is not only its historical center, it is an unexpected pleasure to discover the nature that surrounds the city, starting from the Natural Park of Migliarino, San Rossore and Massaciuccoli, which stretches along the coast from Viareggio to Livorno.
A good time to visit the city is the month of June, during which Pisa offers many characteristic events, the well-known Luminara, the Palio di San Ranieri, the Gioco del Ponte and the evocative Regatta of the Ancient Maritime Republics, an ancient tradition of the Pisan Republic that has been reviving since 1956 in a competition that sees the boats of the ancient republics face each other on the Arno every 4 years.