Pontedera is an industrial town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany, central Italy. The origins of the city go up again to the neolithic.
During the Roman period Pontedera was an very important cross of many roads.
Rule confimed during the Middle Age. Involved into the war of Pisa, Firenze and Lucca. But during this period was bord Andrea da Pontedera, very important tuscany architect.

Pontedera was the seat of several historical battles. In 1369, the Milanese army of Barnabò Visconti, led by John Hawkwood, was defeated here by the Florentine troops. On 11 June 1554, Pontedera was the scene of a pyrrhic victory in the last effort by the Republic of Siena to retain its independence, when Piero Strozzi won against the Florentines. Two months later he was decisively defeated at the Battle of Marciano, an event which marked the end of the Senese independence.

In 1600 Pontedera enterd in Grann Ducato di Toscana and developped his commercial rule.
Starting fron the end of 1800 Pontedera becamed an industrial place, overall with Piaggio thas was theprincipla industry.

Pontedera is in the Arno valley at the confluence of the Era River and the Arno River. Its territory is also crossed by the Scolmatore dell'Arno canal, and by the Roglio, a tributary of the Era. There is also a small lake, in the frazione of La Rotta, known as Braccini lake.