As its title of Queen of Studies, which was given to it by the Florentines, suggests, Pisa is not only one of Italy's best-loved cities of art, but also remains a young, bustling and lively city where past and present merge.

Monuments, museums and impressive buildings of inestimable artistic value keep alive the memory of Pisa as a Maritime Republic that was the undisputed master of the Mediterranean for a long time.