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Republic of Pisa
Italian maritime republic (c. 1000–1406) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century, before being surpassed and superseded by the Republic of Genoa.
Republic of Pisa | |||||||||||
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c. 1000–1406 | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
Government | Oligarchic republic | ||||||||||
Governanti della repubblica | |||||||||||
• 1063–? | Giovanni Orlandi | ||||||||||
• 1081–1189 | Consul | ||||||||||
• 1202–1312 | Consiglio degli Anziani[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||
• 1402–1406 | Gabriele Maria Visconti | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||||
• Established | c. 1000 | ||||||||||
• Participation in the Third Crusade | 1189–1192 | ||||||||||
1284 | |||||||||||
• Annexed by the Republic of Florence | 1406 | ||||||||||
Currency | Grosso pisano, aquilino | ||||||||||
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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.