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Most believe the hypothesis that the origin of the name Pisa comes from Etruscan and means 'mouth', as Pisa is at the mouth of the Arno river. [5]Although throughout history there have been several uncertainties about the origin of the city of Pisa, excavations made in the 1980s and 1990s found numerous archaeological remains, including the fifth century BC tomb of an Etruscan prince, proving ...
The province of Pisa (Italian: provincia di Pisa) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa . With an area of 2,448 square kilometres (945 sq mi) and a total population of 421,642 (As of 2014 [update] ), it is the second most populous and fifth largest province of Tuscany.
Pisa (Ancient Greek: Πῖσα) is a village situated 2.15 kilometres (1.34 mi) to the east of Olympia, Greece, located on the northwest side of the Peloponnesus peninsula. Currently it is not politically independent but it is a community of the municipality of Ancient Olympia, in the regional unit of Elis .
812 CE - Pisa becomes part of the March of Tuscany (territory) of the Holy Roman Empire. [2] 990 - San Michele in Borgo monastery founded. [4] 1003 - Lucca-Pisa conflict occurs. [1] 1004 - Pisa sacked by Saracens. [1] 1063 - Pisa Cathedral construction begins. [2] 1011 - Pisa unsuccessfully attacked by Saracens again. [1] 1092 Pisa Cathedral ...
The Republic of Pisa (Italian: Repubblica di Pisa) was an independent state existing from the 11th to the 15th century centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa.It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century, before being surpassed and superseded by the Republic of Genoa.
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