Motto: Urbis me dignum pisane noscite signum (Latin for 'Know that I am a worthy sign of the city')
Map of Pisa in the 11th century
Capital
Pisa
Common languages
Tuscan
Latin
Italian
Religion
Catholicism
Government
Oligarchic republic
Governanti della repubblica
• 1063–?
Giovanni Orlandi (first)
• 1202–1312
Consiglio degli Anziani[a]
• 1402–1406
Gabriele Maria Visconti (last)
Historical era
Middle Ages
• Established
c. 1000
• Participation in the Third Crusade
1189–1192
• Battle of Meloria
1284
• Annexed by the Republic of Florence
1406
Population
• Estimate
350,000 around the XIII century
Currency
Grosso pisano, aquilino
Preceded by
Succeeded by
March of Tuscany
Taifa of Majorca
Republic of Florence
Principality of Piombino
Taifa of Majorca
Today part of
Italy
The Republic of Pisa (Italian: Repubblica di Pisa) was an independent state existing from the 11th to the 15th century and centered on the Tuscan city of Pisa. It rose to become an economic powerhouse, a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century, before being surpassed and superseded by the Republic of Genoa.
The republic's participation in the Crusades secured valuable commercial positions for Pisan traders, thereafter the city grew in wealth and power. Pisa was a historical rival to Genoa at sea and to Florence and Lucca on land.[1]
The power of Pisa as a mighty maritime nation began to grow and reached its apex in the 11th century when it acquired traditional fame as one of the main historical Maritime Republics of Italy.
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Leaning Tower ofPisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa [ˈtorre penˈdɛnte di ˈpiːza, - ˈpiːsa]), or simply the Tower ofPisa (torre di Pisa), is the campanile...
Much of the city's architecture was financed from its history as one of the Italian maritime republics. The city is also home to the University ofPisa, which...
control of Sardinia. The republic was one of the so-called "Maritime Republics" (Repubbliche Marinare), along with Venice, Pisa, Amalfi, Gaeta, Ancona,...
1836 RepublicofPisa Gino Benvenuti, Storia della Repubblica di Pisa: le quattro stagioni di una meravigliosa avventura, Giardini, 1961 Republicof Venice...
by the Genoese at the Battle of Meloria in 1284, amid a conflict between the Republicof Genoa and the RepublicofPisa. When Polo was imprisoned around...
Ages, in particular in the Republicsof Genoa and Pisa, then revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic. The related adjective is consular...
spread to other Pisa projects, to the territories controlled by the RepublicofPisa (including Corsica and Sardinia, and going as far as Elba) and to Tuscany...
province ofPisa (Italian: provincia di Pisa) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city ofPisa. With an area of 2,448 square...
were divided between three heirs. Gabriele Maria Visconti sold Pisa to the Republicof Florence for 200,000 florins. Since the Pisans did not intend to...
The Pisa Griffin is a large bronze sculpture of a griffin, a mythical beast, that has remained in Pisa, Italy since the Middle Ages despite its Islamic...
later controlled by the Principality of Salerno until Amalfi was sacked by the RepublicofPisa in 1137. Like the rest of the region, the Amalfi Coast has...
conquest of Sardinia took place between 1323 and 1326. The island of Sardinia was at the time subject to the influence of the RepublicofPisa, the Pisan...
intention of weakening the growing Venetian power, the emperor provided substantial commercial support to the maritime republicsof Ancona, Genoa and Pisa, making...
the Castle of Supramonte, which was destroyed by attacks by the RepublicofPisa between 1135 and 1137. There was also the coastal tower of "Tumulo" or...
James ofPisa, arrived with a letter from Isaac, who referred to Frederick as "king of Germany", refusing him the imperial title, and accused him of plotting...
(1384), Pisa (1406), and Siena (1559). Lucca was an independent republic until the Napoleonic period in the 19th century. List of rulers of Tuscany Italian...
The House of Gherardesca was an ancient Italian noble family of the RepublicofPisa, of Longobard origin. The family likely dates back as early as the...
The University ofPisa (Italian: Università di Pisa, UniPi) is a public research university in Pisa, Italy. Founded in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities...
Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldest of the three structures in the plaza followed by the Pisa Baptistry...
timeline of the history of the city ofPisa in the Tuscany region of Italy. 225 BCE - A Roman army from Sardinia lands in Pisa. 180 BCE - Pisa becomes...
centuries, confederated first with the RepublicofPisa as a semi-autonomous subject and later with the Republicof Genoa as a nominally independent ally...
the papal legate Dagobert ofPisa and his plans to make Jerusalem a theocracy and instead made Baldwin the first Latin king of Jerusalem. Bohemond returned...
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