1260 in Italy

Years in Italy:	1257   1258   1259   1260   1261   1262   1263
Centuries:	12th century  ·  13th century  ·  14th century
Decades:	1230s   1240s   1250s   1260s   1270s   1280s   1290s
Years:	1257   1258   1259   1260   1261   1262   1263

An incomplete list of events in Italy in 1260:

• Battle of Montaperti, an important event which was fought on September 4, 1260, between Florence and Siena in Tuscany as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines. It gained notoriety for an act of treachery that turned the tide of the battle, which was immortalised by Dante Alighieri in his poem Divine Comedy.
• Jacobus de Voragine compiles his work, the Golden Legend , a late medieval best-seller.
• Nicola Pisano sculpts the pulpit in the Pisa Baptistery.
• The mosaic Christ between the Virgin and St Minias is made on the facade of Florence's Basilica di San Miniato al Monte.

Deaths

• April 28 – Blessed Luchesio Modestini
• probable – Franciscus Accursius, Italian jurist