Republic of Pisa

Republic of Pisa Repubblica di Pisa (Italian)
c. 1000–1406
Flag Coat of arms
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a commercial center whose merchants dominated Mediterranean and Italian trade for a century, before being surpassed and superseded by the Republic of Genoa.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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