Republic of Pisa

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The Republic of Pisa was a powerful medieval maritime city-state in Tuscany that dominated Mediterranean trade and naval affairs before declining in the late Middle Ages.

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Label Occurrences
Republic of Pisa canonical 21
Pisan Republic 2

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city-state
former republic
maritime republic
medieval state
alliedWith Crusader states
Holy Roman Empire
capital Pisa
commonName Pisa
continent Europe
country Italy
currency Pisan denaro
Tuscan lira
surface form: Pisan lira
declineCause defeat by Genoa at the Battle of Meloria
rise of Florence
dominantIn Tyrrhenian Sea trade
Western Mediterranean trade
economyBasedOn banking
maritime trade
shipbuilding
endDate 1406
era Middle Ages
eventEnd conquest of Pisa by Florence
governmentType merchant republic
oligarchic republic
hadColony Balearic Islands
Corsica
Mahdia
Sardinia
locatedIn Tuscany
locatedOn Tyrrhenian Sea
majorRival Emirate of Sicily
Republic of Genoa
Republic of Venice
memberOf Guelph–Ghibelline conflict (Florentine phase)
surface form: Guelphs and Ghibellines conflicts
navalPower Mediterranean Sea
notableBuilding Pisa Baptistery
surface form: Baptistery of Pisa

Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pisa Cathedral complex
surface form: Pisa Cathedral
officialLanguage Latin
Tuscan
partOf Italian maritime republics
patronSaint Saint Ranieri
politicalAlignment Ghibelline
religion Roman Catholicism
sharesBorderWith Republic of Florence
Republic of Lucca
Republic of Siena
significantEvent Battle of Meloria
First Crusade
Sack of Palermo (1063)
Second Crusade
Third Crusade
startDate c. 11th century

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Tuscans historicalStates Republic of Pisa
Republic of Genoa coexistedWith Republic of Pisa
Republic of Florence conflictWith Republic of Pisa
Judicate of Arborea opposedPower Republic of Pisa
Aragonese conquest of Sardinia conflictOf Republic of Pisa
Council of Pisa country Republic of Pisa
Saint Ranieri countryOfCitizenship Republic of Pisa
Italian maritime republics hasMember Republic of Pisa
Siege of Acre (1291) belligerent Republic of Pisa
this entity surface form: Pisan Republic
Pisae predecessorOf Republic of Pisa
Republic of Lucca diplomaticRelation Republic of Pisa
Rustichello da Pisa countryOfCitizenship Republic of Pisa
Leonardo Fibonacci birthPlace Republic of Pisa
Leonardo Fibonacci countryOfCitizenship Republic of Pisa
Judicate of Cagliari alliedWith Republic of Pisa
western Sardinia historicallyContestedBy Republic of Pisa
subject surface form: Western Sardinia
this entity surface form: Pisan Republic
Arborea conflictWith Republic of Pisa
Judicate of Gallura influencedBy Republic of Pisa
Hugh II of Arborea alliance Republic of Pisa
Hugh II of Arborea diplomaticRelations Republic of Pisa
coat of arms of the Italian Navy heritage Republic of Pisa
Margraviate of Tuscany followedBy Republic of Pisa