What is Pontedera?
{{Infobox Italian comune | official_name = Comune di Pontedera | name = Pontedera | region = [[Tuscany]] | province = [[Province of Pisa|Pisa]] (PI) | elevation_m = 14 | area_total_km2 = 46 | population_as_of = December 31, 2004 | population_total = 26842 | coordinates = {{coord|43|40||N|10|39||E|display=inline,title}} | frazioni = Pietroconti, La Rotta, I Fabbri, Treggiaia, Montecastello, Santa Lucia, La Borra, Il Botteghino, Il Romito, Gello, Pardossi | area_code = 0587 | postal_code = 56025 | population_demonym = Pontederesi | saint = San Faustino | day = October 10 | mayor = Paolo Marconcini (since June 2004) | website = [http://www.comune.pontedera.pi.it/ www.comune.pontedera.pi.it] }} '''Pontedera''' is a small [[Italy|Italian]] industrial town in [[Tuscany]], [[Italy]], in the [[province of Pisa]]. Pontedera is the headquarters of the [[Piaggio]] company,from the 1930s one of most important Italian manufacturers motor vehicles such as the [[Vespa]] and the [[Ape]]. Piaggio was a [[subsidiary]] of [[Fiat|FIAT]]. Today the owner of Piaggio is [[Roberto Colaninno]]. Pontedera is in the [[Arno valley]] at the confluence of the [[Era River]] and the [[Arno River]]. The Town has a small [[lake]] in [[Pietroconti]] called [[Braccini lake]]. == Important places and monuments in Pontedera == Churches: * Il Duomo (The Dome of the city) * The Church of Santa Lucia * The Church of Santissimo Crocifisso * The Cimitero of Misericordia * The Church of Santa Maria Madre della Chiesa * The Church of Misericordia * The Church of San Giuseppe al Ponte * The Church of San Giuseppe * The Church of Madonna dei Braccini * The Church of Cappuccini * The Church of Sacro Cuore ai Villaggi * The Church of Madonna di Ripaia * The Church of San Lorenzo e San Bartolomeo * The Church of San Martino (''destroyed'') * The Church of San Michele di Travalda (''destroyed'') * The Church of San To