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Not much are the news about Pisa before the Roman dominion. The city was found on the sea, between the confluence of the Arno with the Serchio. Rome considered its geographic position a lot important in order to expand itself towards the north and in the Mediterranean favored the expansion before become Pisa important military base of frontier, then a street node on the way for the Gallie and finally vital center for the commerce of grain, wine, lumber and marbles. Between the 1000 and 1284 Pisa it becomes a Republica Marinara, participates to the First Crusade obtaining in feudo the Corsica Island. Pisa was protagonist with Genoa in the battles against the Arabs for the conquest of the Sardinia and with the Normanni to defend victoriously Palermo against the Moors. Between the 1135 and 1137 Pisa destroys the power of the republic of Amalfi. The end of the republic Tuscany happens with the naval battle of the Meloria in the course of which its fleet comes destroyed from that genovese. The city doesn't point out on the sea because the Arno fluvial discard covered many marshy zones but street and railway node and her geographic position make of Pisa an important city of the Tuscany. The numerous artistic beauties that Pisa offers represent for the tourist an attraction that favors an imposing tourist movement. Monuments: The Sangallo Bastion, the Lungarni Palaces, the University Palace, Square of the Miracles and much more.