08/01/2026 – 11/01/2026 @ 9:00 – 18:00 – The San Romano Artistic Crib is set up every year from 8 December in the cloister of the Sanctuary of Divine Grace, in Piazza Santa Chiara. The Sanctuary, dedicated to the Madonna who appeared to San Romano, has been enlarged several times, starting in 1515, by the Medici, who were so devoted to the Virgin […]
04/01/2026 @ 15:00 – 19:00 – The living nativity scene in the setting of the Badia di San Savino takes place on 3rd and 4th January with over 100 costumed figures and set in the year zero, it retraces the Nativity of Christ, from the census to the arrival of the Magi, re-proposing village life with markets and ancient trades. The […]
06/01/2026 @ 15:00 – 18:00 – The tradition of nativity scenes crib is renewed with the one set up in Nicosia, a hamlet near Calci, inside the restored part of an abandoned convent. It is called “The Nativity Crib that grows” because every year it adds new characters and new settings. Set up in 1999 and built entirely by hand, it began […]
23/01/2026 – 25/01/2026 @ 9:00 – 19:00 – Housed in the History Museum of the University of Pisa, the nativity scenes are a real gem, created from the fusion of three separate mechanical nativity scenes made entirely by hand between 1948 and 1962 by two craftsmen from Calcesano, Renzo and Alberto Meucci, with the help of their collaborators. After the first nativity scene, […]
21/09/2025 @ Tutto il giorno – Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September return of the GEP – European Heritage Days, Europe’s largest and most popular cultural event. During the two days guided tours, special initiatives and extraordinary openings will be organised in Italian museums and cultural venues on the theme “Heritage in Life”. In addition, on Saturday there will be special […]
17/06/2026 @ 8:00 – 20:00 – Saturday 17 June : Solemnity of San Ranieri in the Cathedral 8 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. – 5 p.m. – Holy Masses 11 a.m. – Solemn Mass with priests celebrating their Priestly Jubilee 6.30 p.m. – Solemn Vespers in Pontifical Who was St Ranieri: Ranieri (Pisa, 1118 – Pisa, 17 June 1161) was an Italian […]
20/06/2026 – 30/08/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – Summer Nights: the calendar of evening events in July and August in the Palaia area is back, featuring music, shows and entertainment. From 1 to 9 July, the Popular Theatre Festival at Borgo di Colleoli, 8 and 9 July the Feast of Peasant Civilisation at the Montefoscoli Museum, while on the 13th concert in the […]
04/07/2026 – 22/08/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:30 – From 4 July to 22 August, every Saturday evening, Mura di Pisa by night’ is back: guided tours return to the medieval city walls, offering visitors the chance to discover the city’s beauty from above. Participants are provided with special ‘necklace’ lights and are accompanied by a guide on a route steeped in history: from […]
20/06/2026 – 30/06/2026 @ 15:00 – 19:00 – Every first Sunday of the month, guided tours of the zoological and archaeological museum and the basement of Villa Baciocchi. Visitors can also see the permanent exhibition “Equilibri in Natura” (Balance in Nature), installed in two symbolic locations in Capannoli and the village of Santo Pietro Belvedere for the redevelopment of the historical and artistic […]
26/04/2026 @ 21:00 – 23:00 – From 5 October to 3 May, Cascina’s Theatre will stage no less than 23 evening performances, 12 of which are subscription and 11 off the bill, divided into four sections. While waiting for the new edition of This is Jazz, great musical events will take turns on stage: Le Orme & Friends on Saturday 21 […]
30/04/2022 @ 15:30 – 19:00 – On Saturdays and Sundays of the last weekend of the month, from 3.30 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Chapel of Santo Stefano in Sardina (Via del Tiglio, 195) reopens to visitors. The small Baroque church was built at the behest of the Lateran Canons of Nicosia, near Calci, who owned the land of Sardina from […]
02/10/2026 – 04/10/2026 @ Tutto il giorno – For 24 years, Pisa Book Festival has been one of the most eagerly awaited cultural events of the year in Italy. This dition will take place from 2nd to 4th October 2026 at the Arsenali Repubblicani and other locations in the historic center, such as the Museo delle Navi, the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale, […]