Country Italy Elevation 122 m (400 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 11.6 km² Postal code 56040 Region Tuscany | Province / Metropolitan city Pisa (PI) Demonym(s) Orcianesi Dialing code 050 Local time Sunday 9:25 AM Province Province of Pisa Dialling code 050 | |
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Orciano Pisano is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) southwest of Florence and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Pisa, in the Pisan Hills.
Map of 56040 Orciano Pisano Province of Pisa, Italy
Orciano Pisano borders the following municipalities: Collesalvetti, Fauglia, Lorenzana, Rosignano Marittimo, Santa Luce.
Orciano's area, up to Volterra, is rich of findings of fossils from marine vertebrates, such as whales, sharks and seals, such as the Pliophoca etrusca discovered in 1875 by Roberto Lawley. Remains of a blue whale living 4 millions year ago, found here, are now in the Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence. Other Cetacean fossils from Orciano Pisano are held by Museo di storia naturale e del territorio dell'Università di Pisa.