(Giacomo Leopardi in a letter to his sister, 1827)
Pisa (pronounced / pisa /) is an Italian town of 87,000 inhabitants [1] of Tuscany and the capital of the province.
According to legend was founded by the mythical Trojan refugees from the homonymous Greek city of Pisa, a temple in the valley of the river Alpheus [2], in the Peloponnese.
Among the most important monuments of the city there is - in the famous Piazza del Duomo, World Heritage - the marble Cathedral built between 1063 and 1118, Pisan Romanesque style, with the bronze door of San Ranieri of Bonanno Pisano and the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano. In the square stands the characteristic leaning tower, tower of the twelfth century, 56 meters high, which acquired its characteristic tilt ten years after the start of its construction., Today one of the most world famous Italian monuments.
Note the presence of at least three leaning towers: one, the best known, in Piazza del Duomo, the second consisting of the church tower of St. Nicholas, at the opposite end of Via Santa Maria, near the Lungarno, the third, half way through the avenue of Piagge (located on the riverfront east of the city) is the steeple of the church of San Michele degli Scalzi (in this case the church is pending).
Pisa hosts the most important airport in the Region, the "Galileo Galilei [3] which also has direct intercontinental flights, and is home to three of the most important universities in Italy: the University of Pisa, the Scuola Normale Superiore and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, and several research institutes.
Sports facilities.
Pisa has many sports facilities, some of the best in Italy. The main sports facility and the largest is the Stadio Arena Garibaldi - Romeo Anconetani, currently the second largest in the region. The actual maximum capacity of 25 000 seats of the stadium was, however, declined to respond to recent security laws. The second plant of the city is the municipal stadium in Athletics Cini Cino, located in the forecourt of the sport, barbaric neighborhood, where he concentrated most of the sporting facilities in the city. Remember then the sports hall, gym and swimming facilities of Pisascherma municipal fitted with 4 swimming pools (one in disuse for years.) In Pisa, there are also the sports village of CUS Pisa (quarter Porta a Lucca), equipped with facilities for every sport of CUS, modernized after the recent Italian championships and the center CONI Tirrenia, used as a training facility for many athletes Italian and foreign, famous for hosting a training school for boys under 21 rugby. In Pisa, there are also a major racecourse (San Flushing), a national center of the shooting and 2 great golf courses in Tirrenia Calambrone. There are also many other plants located in various parts of the city and the town: it is reminiscent of the 2 gyms rowing, boxing and Palasport Bowling Pisa Pisa Galileo.
Football
The Pisa Calcio (formerly Pisa Sporting Club) is the leading club of Pisa. One of the oldest Italian soccer teams, has 13 participations in the premier league, a league final (1921) and two Mitropa Cup won in 1986 and 1988. In the 2006/2007 season he played in Serie C1 and after finishing the round at the 3rd place, and have beaten in the play-offs in order, Venice and Monza, was promoted to Serie B. In the 2007/2008 season was ranked sixth and took part in the play-offs for promotion to Serie A, but was eliminated from Lecce.
In 2008/2009 is relegated directly Lega Pro Prima Divisione, only to be declared bankrupt. Football in Pisa is divided by the D series with the new club AC Pisa 1909.