Pistoia, Italy
Pistoia http://www.comune.pistoia.it/index_inglese.html, the capital of the province, lies on North-West of Florence, in Tuscany, at the foot of Appennino Mountains, 65 metres above sea level. The surface of the municipal area is 236,77 kmq and the inhabitans are 90.000.
Among the illustrious men who were born in Pistoia one must at least mention the artist Niccolò di Tommaso (middle XIV sec.), poet Antonio Cammelli (1436 1502), Giulio Rospigliosi (1600-1669) who became Pope with the name of Clemente IX, burlesque poet Niccolò Forteguerri (1674-1735), sculptor Marino Marini (1901-1980) and architect Giovanni Michelucci (1891-1991).
Sidst opdateret den 24. juni 2008