/ "Pisa is" love stories

Spiaggia  al tramonto San Rossore (Parco Regionale Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli)
Spiaggia al tramonto San Rossore (Parco Regionale Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli)

Pisa, like many other Italian cities, is also a place of great love relationships; the mildness of its climate, the poignant beauty of the sunsets on the lungarni, the slow and pleasant flow of the river and the beaches of its coast have inspired love for the city but also romantic and passionate love stories. The itinerary narratesa, through the places, the various forms that love can take; love for one's neighbour and all humanity, such as that of Livia Gereschi or that represented in the work 'Tuttomondo', love for one's city, such as that of Kinzica de’ Sismondi, and that between human beings, sometimes hindered, other times passionate and profound, and others time coming to an end. However, it is always about love.

The itinerary narrates, through the places, the various forms that love can take; love for one's neighbour and all humanity, such as that of Livia Gereschi or that represented in the work “Tuttomondo”, love for one's city, such as that of Kinzica de’ Sismondi, and that between human beings, sometimes hindered, other times passionate and profound, and others time coming to an end.

The Bocca d'Arno locality and the Gombo beach are not part of the city pedestrian circuit. Bocca d'Arno can be reached by public or private transport, while the Gombo beach, a unique location immersed in the environmental context of the San Rossore Estate (Natural Park of Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli) is included in the accessible routes with bookable guided tour. 

Reservations for the Spiaggia del Gombo can be made at the San Rossore visitor centre, located inside the estate, also reachable by public or private transport, or by contacting the centre by telephone. 

Itinerary: "Pisa is" love stories

Murale Tuttomondo, Keith Haring (G. Bettini, Comune di PIsa)
Keith Haring 'Tuttomondo'
The colors of Pop Art illuminate the convent of Sant’Antonio
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II (M. Cerrai, Comune di Pisa)
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II
A meeting place, the real gateway to the city: bars, shops and a large pedestrian area
Interno Giardino Scotto (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Scotto Garden
Romantic garden, playground, outdoor cinema
Rovine di palazzo Chiesa sul lungarno Galilei (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Palazzo Chiesa, lungarno Galilei
Mary and Percy B. Shelley lived between Pisa and San Giuliano Terme for two years
Donna Chinzica, reimpiego antico _ Via San. Martino (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Relief of Kinzica, Via San Martino
Kinzica de’ Sismondi, the heroine who saved the city of Pisa
Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro (M. Del Rosso, Comune di Pisa)
Church of the Santo Sepolcro
Seat of the Hospitallers and of sacred and profane love stories
Palazzo Cevoli, via San Martino (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Palazzo Cevoli, via San Martino
Frederick IV, king of Norway and Denmark
Palazzo Giuli-Rosselmini-Gualandi _ Palazzo Blu (A. Matteucci)
Palazzo Blu, lungarno Gambacorti
A museum of great wealth, with Artemisia Gentileschi as the protagonist
Via delle Belle Donne (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Via delle Belle Donne
Welcome to the former red light district of the city
Parco Santi Cosma e Damiano (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
SS. Cosma and Damiano Park
A small hidden romantic garden
Ponte di Mezzo dal Lungarno (L. Corevi , Comune di Pisa)
Ponte di Mezzo
The marble bridge tells the story of the 'Gioco del Ponte e di Pietrino'
Facciata Palazzo Roncioni (G. Bettini, Comune di Pisa)
Palazzo Roncioni, lungarno Mediceo
Arranged marriages hinder true love
Via Livia Gereschi (M. Pileri)
Via Livia Gereschi
A woman's love for her neighbour
Interno - Teatro Verdi (M. D'Amato)
Teatro Verdi (Theatre)
A temple of Opera conceals the large Titta Ruffo collection and remembers Sophia Loren
Piazza Martiri della Libertà (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Piazza Martiri della Libertà and the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies
One of the most important universities in the world
Targa Leopardi, via della Faggiola 19 (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Via della Faggiola, 19
Here Giacomo Leopardi wrote 'To Silvia'
Esterno (Museo Orto botanico)
Botanical Garden, via Luca Ghini
The oldest in Europe, founded in 1543 by Luca Ghini and financed by Cosimo I
Particolare Collegio Ferdinando (L. Corevi, Comune di Pisa)
Collegio Ferdinando, via Santa Maria
Founded in 1593 by Grand Duke Ferdinando I, it was destined for deserving students without possessions.
Retone a Bocca d'Arno (R. Cardini)
Bocca d'Arno, between fishermen and tamarisks
D'Annunzio and Eleonora Duse
Spiaggia  (Parco Regionale Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli)
Il Gombo
A romantic story between Daniel Stern (Marie d'Agoult) and Franz Liszt