Citta di Castello
| Città di Castello | ||
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| Comune | ||
| Comune di Città di Castello | ||
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.svg) Città di Castello within the Province of Perugia |
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 Città di Castello
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| Coordinates: 43°27′39″N 12°14′38″E / 43.46083°N 12.24389°ECoordinates: 43°27′39″N 12°14′38″E / 43.46083°N 12.24389°E | ||
| Country | Italy | |
| Region | Umbria | |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Perugia (PG) | |
| Frazioni | see list | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Luciano Bacchetta (PSI) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 387.53 km2 (149.63 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 288 m (945 ft) | |
| Population (30 April 2010) | ||
| • Total | 40,479 | |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Tifernati or Castellani | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 06010, 06011, 06012, 06018 | |
| Dialing code | 075 | |
| Patron saint | Saint Florido | |
| Saint day | 13 November | |
| Website | Official website | |
Città di Castello (Italian pronunciation: [tʃitˈta ddi kaˈstɛllo]) is a city and comune in the province of Perugia, in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. It is situated on a slope of the Apennines, on the flood plain of the river Tiber. The city is 56 km (35 mi) north of Perugia and 104 km (65 mi) south of Cesena on the SS 3 bis. It is connected to the A1 highway by the SS 73 from Arezzo (17 mi). Città di Castello has an exclave named Monte Ruperto within Marche.
The town was founded by the Umbri tribes. The Romans knew it as Tifernum Tiberinum ("Tifernum on the Tiber") or Civitas Tiberina. Just nearby Pliny the Younger built his villa in Tuscis, which is identified with walls, mosaic floors and marble fragments surviving at a place now called Colle Plinio, the "Hill of Pliny". The town may have come into conflict with the Etruscans.
In 550 AD Tifernum was largely destroyed during the Ostrogothic campaign by Fantalogus at the orders of Totila. The town was subsequently rebuilt by its bishop Floridus around a castle and renamed first Castrum Felicitatis and later Civitas Castelli. By the Donation of Pepin of the Frankish king Pepin the Short in 752, it went to the Holy See. After this it became free common.
In subsequent centuries it had various rulers and among them was Pier Saccone Tarlati di Pietramala, brother of Guido, Bishop of Arezzo. Pier Saccone sold it in 1322 to Guido Alberto de' Guidi di Modigliana.In Middle Ages the Diocese of Citta' di Castello included also many territories that are today in the provinces of Arezzo, Pesaro and Rimini. In the later Middle Ages it was governed successively by the Guelphs and Ghibellines. In 1375 Città di Castello joined the insurrection of other cities of the States of the Church. Cardinal Robert of Geneva (later antipope as Clement VII) tried to capture it using Breton mercenaries, but was repulsed. Under Pope Martin V in 1420 it was taken by the condottiero Braccio da Montone. Later Niccolò Vitelli, aided by Florence and Milan, became absolute ruler or tiranno. Antonio da Sangallo the Younger built an extensive palace for the Vitelli family.
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