A hill castle between the Arno and the Era.
About the year 1000 the bishops of Lucca owned half of it; on 24 July 1077 Bishop Anselm granted the castle and pieve of San Gervasio to Ugo and Tegrimo, sons of Azzo. In 1172 Palaia was at the centre of the war between Lucca and Pisa.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not pinned: a castle of the bishop of Lucca (half his since about 1000), on the Pisan border
- Title
- Lord of the town
- Confidence
- low
No source for 1200.
Lord in 1200
Not pinned: a castle of the bishop of Lucca (half his since about 1000), on the Pisan border
How things stand that morning
Probably in the bishop of Lucca's hands; 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 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.