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The University and Pisa
A campus city
At present Pisa is strengthening its vocation as a "campus city", with nearly 50 thousand students upon 90 thousand inhabitants. Students mainly come from Tuscany and Liguria, with a significant presence from Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. In addition, several hundred of foreign students, coming from other European nations, United States of America, Africa and Asia, contribute to enrich the city life, favouring fruitful cultural exchanges.
The environmental and cultural context of the town helps the course of studies of the students and enriches their everyday experiences: Pisa is one of the most beautiful towns of Italy, rich in monuments and historical traditions, famous for its civil commitment and cultural life. It's a rather small town and it's easy to go round it by bike: for this reason it is a very enjoyable town, and really on a student scale. Besides, it's linked up very well with other parts of Italy and Europe, thanks to good railway and road connections and an airport, which is constantly growing.
Pisa lies near some of the most beautiful Tuscan Towns: Lucca, Livorno, Viareggio and, a little farther away, Firenze and Siena. The territory of its provinces offers several opportunities from a tourist and naturalist point of view: the Tyrrhenian coast, the rocks of the Monte Pisano ("Pisan mountains"), the dense forest south of the castle of Lajatico, the ridges of the cliffs of Volterra, the wonderful medieval town of San Miniato. And more, the wide Natural Park of Migliarino-San Rossore- Massaciuccoli spreading out westwards of the town, with the mouths of the Arno and the Serchio, the coastal dunes covered with Mediterranean bush and the lagoon areas of Coltano and Massaciuccoli; the beautiful basilica of San Piero a Grado; the magnificent chartreuse of Calci.
Last update: 24-Nov-2006