Pisa from Above, Best of Europe, 2007
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Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. The city is known worldwide for its famous bell tower.
Pisa hosts the University of Pisa, especially renowned in the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science, the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and the Scuola Normale Superiore, the Italian academic institutions, mostly for research and the education of graduate students.
Ancient roman authors referred to Pisa as an old city. Servius wrote that the Teuti, or Pelopes, the king of the Pisei, founded the town thirteen centuries before the start of the common era. Strabo referred Pisa's origins to the mythical Nestor, king of Pylos, after the fall of Troy. Virgil in his Aeneid states that Pisa was already a great and developed centre by the times described; foundation of the city in the 'Etruscan lands' credited to settlers from Alpheus coast.
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Pisa from Above, Best of Europe, 2007
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Picture of the streets of Pisa, Italy from the balcony of the Leaning tower of Pisa.
© William
Dudziak
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Filename: pisa_from_above_500.jpg
Date: 2007:07:21
File Size: 200118 bytes
Width: 500 pixels
Height: 667 pixels
Camera: Canon PowerShot A640
Exposure Time: 1/500 s
F-Number: f/4
Focal Length: 21.709 mm
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On 2009/01/10, Will said:
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Thanks for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you. -- Will.
On 2007/08/30, Will said:
This picture of Pisa was taken from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa facing North.
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