{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Republic of Pisa",
  "now": "italy",
  "years": "1000–1406",
  "id": "pisa",
  "index": "c/italy:1000",
  "title": "Stendardo of the Republic of Pisa",
  "ratio": "1:1",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "blue",
      "hex": "#1d508d",
      "cmyk": "80/44/0/45",
      "note": "Maritime blue."
    },
    {
      "color": "black",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "note": "Vertical pales."
    },
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#c1272d",
      "note": "Central disc."
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "Pisan Cross."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Republic of Pisa (1000–1406) was one of the four Italian **maritime republics** (with Venice, Genoa, and Amalfi); its naval power dominated the western Mediterranean in the 11th–13th centuries\n - **Construction:** alternating blue and black vertical pales, charged with a red roundel bearing the distinctive **Pisan Cross** — a white Greek cross with clover-like pommelled tips\n - The Pisan Cross predates the Knights Templar's red cross and likely influenced Crusader heraldry",
  "flag": "empires/pisa.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Republic of Pisa",
    "officialName": "Repubblica di Pisa",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Pisan fleets played a decisive role in the First Crusade, carrying supplies to the Levant in exchange for trading quarters\n - Decisive defeat at Meloria (1284) by Genoa ended Pisan naval power\n - The Leaning Tower was begun in 1173 during the republic's height, funded by spoils from Sicily",
  "_name": "Republic of Pisa",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "pisa"
}