Galileo Galilei appears to wink from an upper window of Ammannati House, his birthplace in 1564 in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. The house is named after Galileo’s mother’s maiden name. Most scholars now believe that this is where Galileo was born.

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Pisa, Tuscany, Italy: birthplace of Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) on Via Giuseppe Giusti. Galileo was a philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, born in Pisa which was then part of the Duchy of Florenc. His discoveries with a telescope paved the way for acceptance of the heliocentric system and the earth revolving round the sun.

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Location: Ammannati House, Casa degli Ammannati, Via Giuseppe Giusti, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
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