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Pisa's origins are unknown. The city lies at the junction of two rivers, Arno and Auser (now disappeared) in the Ligurian Sea forming a laguna area. The Pelasgi, the Greeks, the Etruscans and the Ligurians have variously been proposed as founders of the city. Archeological remains from the 5th century BC confirm the existence of a city at the sea, trading with Greeks and Gauls. The presence of an Etruscan necropolis was discovered during excavations in the Arena Garibaldi in 1991. Also ancient Roman authors referred to Pisa as an old city. Servius wrote that the Teuti, or Pelopes, the king of the Pisei, founded the town thirteen centuries before the birth of Christ. Strabo referred Pisa's origins to the mythical Nestor, king of Pylos, after the fall of Troy. Virgil in his Aeneid states that Pisa was already a great and developed centre by the times described; foundation of the city in the 'Etruscan lands' credited to settlers from Alpheus coast. The maritime role of Pisa should have been already prominent if the ancient authorities ascribed to it the invention of the rostrum: it took advantage of being the only port along the coast, from Genoa, then a small village, to Ostia. (Wikipedia).

The Municipal districts are: Pisa, Cascina, San Giuliano Terme, San Miniato, Pontedera, Ponsacco, Santa Croce sull'Arno, Vecchiano, Castelfranco di Sotto, Volterra, Santa Maria a Monte, Montopoli in Val d'Arno, Calcinaia, Lari, Vicopisano, Pomarance, Bientina, Calci, Buti, Capannoli, Peccioli, Palaia, Terricciola, Crespina, Casciana Terme, Fauglia, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Castellina Marittima, Chianni, Santa Luce, Montescudaio, Lajatico, Riparbella, Lorenzana Guardistallo Casale Marittimo, Monteverdi Marittimo, Orciano Pisano.

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