The best traffic-free bike rides around Casciana Terme Lari

The Torre degli Upezzinghi, also known as Torre di Caprona, is a striking structure located on a rocky spur in the municipality of Vicopisano, in the province of Pisa. Although it is a 19th-century copy erected by the Upezzinghi family, it stands on the site of an ancient medieval castle dating back to the mid-11th century and dismantled by the Florentines in 1433. This place is famous in Italian history and literature for being the scene of a celebrated battle in 1289 in which the young Dante Alighieri participated, who later expressly mentioned the siege of Caprona in the 21st canto of the Inferno in the Divine Comedy.

The Certosa di Calci (also known as Certosa di Pisa or di Val Graziosa) is one of the most extraordinary historical and architectural complexes in Tuscany, located about 10 kilometers from Pisa, in the municipality of Calci. This ancient 14th-century Carthusian monastery, profoundly renovated in Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries, amazes with its enormous spaces, the elegance of its cloisters, and the richness of its frescoes.

The Ciclopista dell'Arno is one of the most important cycle tourism projects in Tuscany. In the territory of Pisa, the route represents the exciting final stretch of a cycle path that originates on Monte Falterona. It connects the monumental richness of the city of the Tower directly to the Tyrrhenian Sea

The Virgo Interferometer is one of the world's largest and most sensitive scientific instruments for the detection of gravitational waves. It is located in Italy, in Cascina (Pisa), within the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO). What it is and how it works The experiment is an imposing Michelson interferometer with two perpendicular arms, each 3 kilometers long. The Laser: A laser beam is split in half by a special mirror (beam splitter) and sent along the two arms. Mirrors: At the end of each arm, ultra-high precision mirrors reflect the light back. Gravitational Wave: When a gravitational wave (generated by catastrophic events such as the merger of black holes) passes through the instrument, it distorts spacetime. This imperceptibly lengthens one arm and shortens the other. Vacuum: To avoid interference from air, the beams travel inside tubes where an ultra-high vacuum level is created. The EGO Observatory The European Gravitational Observatory (EGO) is the Italian-French consortium that manages the Virgo infrastructure. It was founded in 2000 by INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) and the French CNRS. Today, the scientific collaboration includes scientists from numerous European countries.

The Torre delle Quattro Porte, historically also known as Torre di Reale, is one of the most important and characteristic medieval monuments of the fortified village of Vicopisano.

Historic building dating back to the 13th century, which in the past was the seat of the podestà and vicars of Pontedera.

Komoot suggested I pass through here and continue straight. But the road is blocked by a gate. So please remove the suggestion when someone creates the track.

EGO, the European Gravitational Observatory, located in Cascina, in the Pisan countryside, is the institutional headquarters of the Virgo experiment, the only gravitational wave detector in Europe and one of four in the world. Gravitational waves are very faint cosmic signals that allow us to observe extraordinary phenomena in the deep Universe, such as the merging of black holes or stars. https://www.ego-gw.it/mission/ Book a guided tour, remotely or in person VISIT EGO & THE VIRGO INTERFEROMETER