The province of Pisa limits the North with the province of Lucca, the East with those of Florence and Siena, to the Southwest with the province of Livorno and finally, to the Southeastern with the province of Grosseto.
The city of Is above is located in a great alluvial plain to 4 meters on the level of the sea, to few kilometers of the tirrénica coast and it extends to the borders of the Arno river. It is above it is included between the greater cultural centers of Italy and conserves a great artistic patrimony that constitutes an original medieval reelaboration of the Islamic influences, lombardas and the premises.
Without a doubt, the most important monuments of Are above are in the Piazza dei Miracoli.
In this seat they are possible to be admired: the Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta with the Inclined Tower, the Batisterio, the Gallery that surrounds the Cementery and the Chapel By the Pozzo, all rigorously made monuments with white marble of Carrara.
In the Museum of the Duomo artistic works can be admired that belong to the different churches from the city as well as the Treasure of the Duomo. In It is above also is the Galilean Domus where it seems to be that Galileo lived Galilei.
Another famous monument is Torre della Fame where Ugolino della Gherardesca with his family died in 1288 Conde, defendant of tyranny by the city. The description of this fact we can read it in the Hell of Dante.
Finally, podeís to give to a return by the Piazza dei Cavalieri, one of the most important seats of Steps on and renacimental center of the surrounded city of beautiful palaces like the Palazzo dei Cavalieri, seat of the famous Scuola Normale Superiore founded by Napoleón on the 1810 and that today is a University that only admits the best students of the country.
The Park of San Rossore was instituted in 1979 and it is made up of the property of Migliarino, San Rossore, Coltano and Tombolo, extending by a surface of 23,114 hectares. Located to few kilometers of the city, this park constitutes a true green lung and presents/displays elements of great landscaping, environmental and natural value. In this park we found great pine groves, mesofilos forests of oaks, ashs, elm trees and alders as well as the rarest lianas (Periploca graeca). These forests are the dwelling of gamos, wild boars, herons and bee-eaters that make the nest in the sand from May to July.
The territory of the park presents/displays marshy zones with pits and channels of cleaning that resist with the historical buildings in style piamontés constructed by the Saboya.
Finally, recently it has begun to work a trenecito that allows to visit the park making a route of about 30 km.