Pisa is a capital of the province of Tuscany over 88000 inhabitants, there are headquartered 3 universities and the largest international airport in the region, and is one of the cities most visited of Italy.
Many are the historical buildings and monuments that houses the city: the square is certainly better known Piazza dei Miracoli, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987, a four - including Leaning Tower, bell tower built over two centuries made famous by the characteristic tilt due to subsidence of the land below (very frequent event in Pisa, given the characteristic of sedimentary soil), the medieval cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, the Baptistery, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, essentially devoid of ornaments and more great Peninsula and the Monumental Cemetery, complete with walls, in which the restoration work began in 1945 and still in Corsican unearthed the Sinopie, in particular drafts red clay used in the creation of frescoes.
Other important monuments are in Piazza dei Cavalieri, where there is the Palace of Caravan, by Giorgio Vasari built between 1562 and 1564, which hosts the Scuola Normale Superiore, the Church of the Knights of St. Stephen, also designed by Vasari, dell'Orologio Palace, the Church of St. Rocco, Muda Tower, the Palace of the Council of Twelve, Palazzo del Puteano College and the Statue of Cosimo I, the sculptor Pietro Francavilla.
On the Lungarno Mediceo find the Palazzo Medici and the Benedictine monastery of St. Matthew, which are housed in the Romanesque church and the National Museum; other important monuments of Pisa is the church of St. Francis, the church of San Frediano, the Bridge Half of the Solferino Bridge, the Village Strait, the walls, the Old Museum, the Museum dell'Opera del Duomo, the Archbishop's palace, Palazzo Poschi, Royal Palace, Torre Guelfa, Torre Santa Maria and the synagogue.
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