 Castiglion Fiorentino
It has Etruscan-Roman origins, with a nearly entirely preserved circle of walls dominated by the Cassero (donjon).
Recent excavations have discovered a V cent. BC sacred area. The Pinacoteca Comunale contains valuable works of jewllery of the XIII cent. and paintings by Margarito, Taddeo Gaddi, Bartolomeo della Gatta and Giorgio Vasari. The XVI cent. Loggia of the Palazzo Comunale, like a balcony, provides a view of the valley of Chio, the natural link between the Valdichiana and the Valtiberina. In the month of May, during the “Maggio Castiglionese”, many culture,sport,
music and food-and-wine events take place. On the third Sunday of June the Palio dei Rioni Castiglionesi, a horse tournament, is held in Piazza Garibaldi outside the walls.
Website: www.comune.castiglionfiorentino.ar.it
Height: m. 342
Post-code: 52043
Km from: Arezzo 17, Perugia 57, Siena 59, Firenze 93
Population: 11410
Telephone code: 0575
Useful Information
Public transport: from Arezzo bus or FS train
How to get there: from north Autostrada A1 exit Arezzo then SS71; from south Autostrada A1 exit Monte San Savino
Information: Tourist Information Office, Cortona tel. O575/630652 Fax 0575/630656
E-mail: info@cortonantiquaria.com
Points of interest
At Manciano, called “La Misericordia” by the inhabitants of Castiglion Fiorentino, the actor and film director Roberto Benigni was born.
Weekly market
Weekly market: Friday morning
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