Pisa Thursday was a great day. We traveled about an hour outside of Florence to the little town of Pisa with its famous leaning tower. I read in Mike’s latest blog that he was going to the tower of Pizza, I didn’t go there. I’m not sure where that is. The main attraction in Pisa is, of course, the tower, church, baptistery, and the cemetery. The area is called the “Field of Miracles”. In A.D. 1200 Pisa’s power peaked. For 3 centuries (1000-1300) Pisa rivaled Venice and Genoa as a sea-trading power. It prided itself on its independence from both popes and emperors. That all changed when the Pisan fleet was routed in battle by Genoa. Now it is known only for its “Field of Miracles” and its university. The tower, which is a bell tower,
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