Vicopisano
Sign in to saveVicopisano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Pisa. It occupies the former valley of the Arno River (which now flows some km southwards), bounded by the Monte Pisano from north.
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Vicopisano is a small municipality in Tuscany, Italy, situated between Florence and Pisa in an area shaped by the former course of the Arno River. It matters as a place with distinctive geography—bounded by the Monte Pisano mountain range—that reflects the region's natural history and settlement patterns.
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Vicopisano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Pisa. It occupies the former valley of the Arno River (which now flows some km southwards), bounded by the Monte Pisano from north.
==History== In medieval times Vicopisano was a flourishing fortified center of the Republic of Pisa. It was conquered by Florence in 1406. Here a castle (Rocca Nuova) designed by Filippo Brunelleschi was built in 1434. The Pieve di Santa Maria is a 12th-century parish church built in Romanesque style.