Pulica is remembered for the first time in an act of 879. Its name probably comes to the "public way", a road of roman origin that joined Luni to Lucca. In 1343 Pulica was partially destroyed by Raimondo di Monteverde of Pisa. It always followed the destiny of Fosdinovo.
Perhaps towards 1600, the ancient castle, constructed by the Bishop of Luni in 1211, was transformed into a church, dedicated to Saint Giovanni Battista.
Recently Pulica has been the center of an important archaeological discovery, an bronze cuckold helm of the Liguri era.