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    Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza, - ˈpiːsa]), or simply the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa), is the campanile...
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  • like the La Torre de Pisa (Leaning Tower of Pisa) and El Quixote, a stalagmite shape that resembles the side view portrait of Miguel de Cervantes' famous...
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    Pisa (/ˈpiːzə/ PEE-zə, Italian: [ˈpiːza] or [ˈpiːsa]) is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into...
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    San Nicola is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. San Nicola is mentioned for the first time, together with the annexed convent, in 1097. In 1297–1313 the...
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    List of leaning towers (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    campanile of San Michele degli Scalzi, Pisa The campanile of San Nicola, Pisa The campanile of Santo Stefano in Venice Torre delle Milizie, Rome The Two Towers...
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    The Archdiocese of Pisa (Latin: Archidioecesis Pisana) is a Latin Church metropolitan see of the Catholic Church in Pisa, Italy. It was founded in the...
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    Republic of Pisa between 1135 and 1137. There was also the coastal tower of "Tumulo" or "San Francisco", built in 500[citation needed] by Don Parafan de Ribera...
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    de deu amb folre i manilles by the Castellers de Vilafranca Torre de set in Pisa, Castellers de Vilafranca, 1988 Torre de set in Paris, Castellers de...
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    followed his master to Pisa, where in 1311 he became responsible for the work on the cathedral. In July 1315, Tino departed Pisa for Siena, where he executed...
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    The Judicate of Logudoro or Torres (Sardinian: Judicadu de Logudoro or Torres, Rennu de Logudoro or Logu de Torres) was one of the four kingdoms or iudicati...
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    In the Middle Ages, it was instead an important port of the Republic of Pisa. Its hinterland hosts a considerable industrial area. Its port is still heavily...
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    Bientina (category Municipalities of the Province of Pisa)
    Bientina (Italian: [ˈbjɛntina]) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany. The toponym Bientina is attested the first...
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    Republic of Pisa owned it. It became part of the Republic of Genoa after the Battle of Meloria, being assigned to the patrician Jacopo de Mari (1430)...
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    sea for the Republic of Lucca. The oldest building in Viareggio, known as Torre Matilde, dates back to this time and was built by the Lucchesi in 1541 as...
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    on the other side of the pass is the Torre Vecchia, "old tower", built as a watchtower by the Republic of Pisa in the 12th century. Occupation of the...
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    doges each. Della Torre: two doges. Assereto, Ayroli, Canevaro, Chiavica Cibo, Clavarezza, Da Passano, De Ferrari, De Fornari, De Marini, Di Negro, Ferreti...
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    Republic of Genoa and Gallura and Cagliari to that of Pisa. When Barisone II of Arborea died in 1185, Pisa installed Peter of Serra, Barisone's eldest son,...
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    Spain Pisa, Italy (2010) Qom, Iran Qufu, People's Republic of China Rennes, France (2010) Santiago, Chile Santiago de Cali, Colombia Santiago de Cuba,...
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    Sicilian romance Floriant et Florette, and in the Compilation of Rustichello da Pisa. The Vulgate Mort Artu notes him as exceptionally tall and says there was...
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  • been completed Torre dei Conti built in Rome 1239 – St. Mark Basilica of Heraklion, Venetian Crete, built Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa (1230) Luna Vasahi...
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    under the primacy of the Archbishop of Pisa. The first act of donation was made in 1064 by Barisone I of Torres who gave the Benedictine monks of Monte...
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    Battle of Meloria (1284) (category Naval battles involving Pisa)
    and Pisa as part of the Genoese-Pisan War. The victory of Genoa and the destruction of the Pisan fleet marked the decline of the Republic of Pisa. In...
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    Spain (redirect from Reino de España)
    Panorama do Segundo Império (in Portuguese) (2 ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Graphia. p. 91. Torres, João Camilo de Oliveira (2017). A democracia coroada (PDF) (in Portuguese)...
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    "Universita de Vinajoli" as it was called, later became part of the University of Pisa, when it was called Collegio Vittoriano. This was a period when Pisa was...
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    Andrea Bocelli (category Musicians from Pisa)
    Sterza, a frazione of Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy, about 40 km (25 mi) south of Pisa. His mother and younger brother Alberto still live in the family home; his...
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    Mausoleum (Chapel of the cemetery) Towns' Walls Rocca Aldobrandesca Torre di Capo d'Uomo Torre delle Cannelle Tower of Talamonaccio On the outskirts of Talamone...
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    "Best Uncircumcised Building in the World". The Torre Agbar is a 38-story skyscraper located in the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes of the Poblenou neighborhood...
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  • antiquity and the Middle Ages, in particular in the Republics of Genoa and Pisa, then revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic. The...
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  • v Lucchese Torres v Napoli Napoli v Pistoiese Juve Stabia v Napoli Napoli v Gela Manfredonia v Napoli Napoli v Martina Calcio Napoli v Pisa Sangiovannese...
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    to suggest making the Arno river a navigable channel between Florence and Pisa. In January 1478, Leonardo received an independent commission to paint an...
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