The Republic of Pisa was founded in the eleventh century . In this historical period Pisa intensified their trade in the Mediterranean Sea and ended up clashing repeatedly with the Saracens ships , defeating them in Reggio Calabria (1005 ) , Bona ( 1034 ), Palermo ( 1064), and in Mahdia ( 1087), which also thanks to the alliance with the rising power of the Kingdom of Sicily. Pisa was originally governed by a Viscount , whose power was limited , however, by the Bishop , but in the eleventh century , fitting in the struggle between these two powers , the city , governed by a Council of Elders , acquired de facto autonomy , then formalized in 1081 by Henry IV of Franconia. Pisa in 1016 , thanks to the alliance with Genoa, defeated the Saracens , conquered Corsica and Sardinia judged of Cagliari and Gallura and gained control of the Tyrrhenian Sea , a century later freed the Balearic Islands . At the same time its economic and political power was magnified by commercial rights acquired with the Crusades had so many warehouses in the Holy Land . Pisa was always the most fervent supporter of the Ghibelline cause , then the opposing Guelph Genoa , Noli , Lucca and Florence : its currency, the aquiline , went always the name of the emperor. Pisa reached the pinnacle of splendor between the twelfth and thirteenth centuries , when his ships controlled the western Mediterranean and developed the Pisan Romanesque , mix of Western elements , Eastern , Islamic, and classics. The rivalry with Genoa really began in the thirteenth century and resulted in the naval battle of Meloria ( 1284 ) , which marked the beginning of the decline of the power of Pisa , with the sale of Corsica in Genoa ( 1299 ), loss to which was added in 1324 that of Sardinia, in favor of Aragon , but most importantly , unlike Genoa, Pisa had to take care of a hinterland , which housed Lucca and Florence : this forces withdrew to the navy and brought the republic to ruin. In the fourteenth century Pisa passed from reality to that of communal worship , maintaining its independence and essentially the domain of the Tuscan coast , and made peace with Genoa, however, in 1406 , the city was besieged by the Milanese , Florentines , Genoese and French and annexed to the Republic of Florence. During the crisis of the latter in the Wars of Italy , Pisa turned against the Fatuo Piero in 1494 and reconstituted itself as autonomous republic , restoring its currency and magistrates , but after 16 years of severe war , already in 1509 Florence was regained permanently . The ancient port of Pisa , now buried by the flooding of the Arno, was located north of the city of Livorno.
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