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City in Tuscany, Italy; population (1988)
104,000. It has a 11th-12th-century
cathedral. Its famous campanile, the Leaning
Tower of Pisa (repaired in 1990) is 55 m/180
ft high and about 5 m/16.5 ft out of
perpendicular. The Leaning Tower has
foundations only about 3 m/10 ft deep. Pisa
was a maritime republic in the 11th-12th
centuries. The university dates from 1338.
The scientist Galileo was born there.