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Montecastelli |
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- The oldest, known records
of Montecastelli date back to 1172 and regard the
�captaincy� assigned to the Bishop of Citt� di Castello by
Marquis Ugolino. Throughout the middle ages, and up to 1500,
the castle was the scene of many bitter clashes between the
inhabitants of Perugia and those from the Tiferno, and it
was repeatedly sacked and destroyed.
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- It was inhabited up until
the nineteen-sixties, when it was abandoned due to the
de-population of the countryside.
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The current buildings at Montecastelli, alongside the
highroad Statale Tiberina 3 Bis, began to develop towards
the end of the nineteenth century. They are centred around
an ancient building which had, among other things, served
as a �hospitium� close to the bridge on the river Tiber,
which is thought to have been built around the eighth or
ninth centuries.
In 1890, the church of the Saints Peter and Paul was
built, largely as a result of pressure from the
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priest
of the ancient Pieve of Montecastelli, of which we now have
very few records.
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The church was consecrated on the 11th of
September 1897. At the centre of a fertile plain,
Montecastelli has begun to grow in the last few decades,
thanks to its activity both as a farm and as a working
place for artisans.
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Montecastelli is referred to in the publications of the
historian Ascani:
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�When Niccol� Vitelli re-entered Citt� di Castello to
drive back the papal troops, he wished to continue towards
La Fratta, assisted by the Sforzas and by Bartolomeo Pucci.
However, the Pope, alarmed, gathered his troops at La
Fratta and took first Citerna, an operation executed by
Captain Mancini of the Borgo with 100 men, then Monte
Migiano which was defended by 100 foot-soldiers captained
by Capitano Della Vecchia. He then took Monte Castelli
which he left in the care of the guards as a defence for
the Tiber Valley. The year was 1482�
CRONOLOGY OF THE
BISHOPS OF CITTA DI CASTELLO
PIETRO V:32nd Bishop of Citt� di Castello, driven
into exile by Barbarossa, returned to his seat on the 16th
of July 1172 and had the captaincy of Montecastelli.
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BONIFACIO BONORIO: 45th Bishop of Citt� di
Castello, son of Giovannetto da Pietralunga, he was
elected on the 10th of January 1358.When the
episcopacy was switched with the town hall, he immediately
saw the opportunity of enlarging his new residence and on
the 29th of May 1360 he asked the Canonica to
concede him the Churches of Saint Stephen and La Pieve
with the attached houses to insert into the new buildings,
in exchange for the baptismal font and the Pieve of Saint
Costanzo (at Montecastelli) by deed of Benedetto Da Pace,
his notary.
Extracts
taken from:
"La Cattedrale Tifernate"
di Angelo Ascani - Citt�
di Castello 1969
"Niccol� Vitelli, Padre
della Patria"
di Angelo Ascani - Citt�
di Castello 1967
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