Marina di Pisa is a seaside resort

Seaside resort

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 of Tuscany

Tuscany

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, in central Italy

Italy

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It is a frazione

Frazione

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of the provincial capital of Pisa

Pisa

Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...

, which lies about 10 km to the east.

Geography

Marina di Pisa lies on the left bank of the Arno River, where it flows into the Ligurian Sea. It is located directly north of the seaside resort of Tirrenia

Tirrenia

Tirrenia is a frazione of Pisa, Italy with a population of 3,112 inhabitants. Immersed in the pine forest of the Litorale Pisano and the Ligurian Sea , Tirrenia is situated in the center of the coast of Tuscany and the Parco Naturale Migliarino, San Rossore and Massaciuccoli, between Pisa and...

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Behind the town are forested sections of the Parco Regionale San Rossore, Migliarino, e Massaciucoli. From Marina di Pisa, it is possible to see the islands of Corsica

Corsica

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, Elba

Elba

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 and Gorgona

Gorgona

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; and the mountains of the Alpi Apuane and other Apennines

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, and Monti Pisani above Pisa.

History

Marina di Pisa was mostly built during the economic boom of the late 1800s, as a seaside resort. It was further developed in the 1930s. Many marine support industries developed at the mouth of the Arno river and in the area along its banks.

Economy

The German aviation company Dornier Flugzeugwerke

Dornier Flugzeugwerke

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 based most of their production in the town from 1922 to 1932, after The Treaty of Versailles of 1919

Treaty of Versailles

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 banned construction of engine-powered aircraft in Germany. Here they built the "Wal"

Dornier Do J

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 twin-engine flying boat

Flying boat

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. The huge 'Savigliano' hangar (1925) which remained standing till 2007, was used for the production of the Wals, and work on the Do-X

Dornier Do X

The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. First conceived by Dr. Claudius Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work hours it was completed in June 1929...

 in 1929, then the world's largest passenger plane.

The village is mostly inhabited by retirees, although it comes alive with visitors in the summer months to bathe in the warm Mediterranean waters. A redevelopment project is under way at the mouth of the Arno, known as "Bocca d’Arno", in a disused industrial area where a marina and a new residential district will be built in the years to come.