The castle town on the north bank of the Arno where the Via Francigena crosses the river, built round the Cadolingi counts' castle of Salamarzana and their abbey of San Salvatore.
After the last Cadolingio died in 1113 the bishop of Lucca bought into their lands and Lucca's rule spread over this stretch of the Arno. About 1200 the hamlets of its territory (Massarella, San Pierino) were walling themselves.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not pinned: the former Cadolingi castle town, in Lucca's orbit after the Cadolingi died out in 1113; its own commune's officers not known
- Title
- Lord of the town
- Confidence
- low
No dated political source for 1200.
Lord in 1200
Not pinned: the former Cadolingi castle town, in Lucca's orbit after the Cadolingi died out in 1113; its own commune's officers not known
How things stand that morning
In the Lucchese sphere; the commune's status not pinned.
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: No dated political source for 1200.
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.