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Beautiful old houses on the left bank of the Arno river and the Solferino bridge in Pisa. Tuscany, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beautiful old houses on the left bank of the Arno river seen from Solferino bridge in Pisa. Tuscany, Italy Royalty Free Stock Photo

Beautiful old houses on the left bank of the Arno river and the Solferino bridge in Pisa. Tuscany, Italy

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the city contains more than twenty other historic churches, several medieval palaces, and bridges across the Arno. Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics.The city is also home to the University of Pisa, which has a history going back to the 12th century, the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, founded by Napoleon in 1810, and its offshoot, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. It crosses Florence, Empoli and Pisa towns, flowing into the Ligurian Sea at Marina di Pisa.