Pertica (unit)

For other uses, see Pertica (disambiguation).
Allegory of measurement, the decempeda is under the woman's feet with Xs marking the feet subdivisions (by Giovanni Zaratino Castellini [nl], 17th century)

The pertica (from Latin: pertica, measuring rod[1]) was a pre-metric unit of either length or area, with the values varying by location. For a similar unit in Northern Europe, see perch.

  1. ^ Morwood 2005, pertica.