Photo by Di CarlesVA – Opera propria, CC BY-SA 3.0, It was a fantastically wealthy and cultured city, with beautiful buildings and many riches to be plundered. Palermo is on the western tip of Sicily, and had been controlled by the Arabs for the last 2 centuries. In 1063 an expedition was mounted to the city of Palermo. Lucky Pirates go to SicilyĪs the Pisan sea-explorers ( some might call them pirates) grew in ambition they were told of the riches available in the Arab-controlled island of Sicily. The Pisan flag with its cross became a recognised and feared presence on the seas, as the Pisan navy won a series of battles against the Saracens. Pisa developed into a commercial and military powerhouse on the Mediterranean. It become a popular port, with connections to trade routes north-east to Bologna and south-east to Volterra and Siena. The advantages of its protected position on the coast saved it from the worst damage after the fall of the Roman empire. Pisa has a proud history, and was founded in a strategic position by the Etruscans.
To answer these questions, we’ll have to dip into some history: A brief history of Pisa And, by the way, it's Pisa - the leaning Tower of Pizza is a strange concept and not a real place!Īnd where did the money come from? Why was the Tower of Pisa built?
The famous tower is in Pisa, Tuscany, a city that now hosts the region’s main airport, but was once the capital of a powerful sea-faring Republic. Everybody knows the Leaning Tower of Pisa, seemingly endlessly about to topple.
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