Not yet a town in 1200: the walled 'free castle' is born about 1253, when Lucca draws together four villages between the Arno and the Usciana (San Pietro a Vigesimo, San Martino in Catiana, San Bartolomeo a Paterno, San Michele in Caprugnana) with tax exemptions for settlers.
In 1200 these are separate villages, once Cadolingi land and under Lucca's rule since the early twelfth century.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not yet founded: four villages under Lucca
- Title
- Lord of the town
- Confidence
- low
Foundation dated about 1253.
Lord in 1200
Not yet founded: four villages under Lucca
How things stand that morning
Lucchese villages.
Council
Not recorded in the sources we used.
Communities
Not recorded in the sources we used.
Fairs and markets
Not recorded in the sources we used.
Militia
Not recorded in the sources we used.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Foundation dated about 1253.
Primary sources for Lucca
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Pisa, by Bernardo Maragone, with continuation, Bernardo Maragone (1160s to 1175, continued to 1192). Pisa's official annals stop in 1175 and their continuation in 1192, so there is no Pisan narrative for 1200 itself. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.