CASTIGLIONE D'ORCIA

'Castiglione d'Orcia' is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about 90 km southeast of Florence and about 40 km southeast of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia, not far from the Via Cassia.
Castiglione d'Orcia borders the following municipalities: Abbadia San Salvatore, Castel del Piano, Montalcino, Pienza, Radicofani, San Quirico d'Orcia, Seggiano.

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History

Main sights

Demographic evolution

References

External links

History

The settlment is mentioned for the first time in 714, when it was a possession of the Aldobrandeschi family. In 1252 it became a free commune, but lost its independence in the following century to the Republic of Siena, which entrusted it to powerful families like the Piccolomini and Salimbeni. Later, Castiglione was part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and, from 1861, of unified Italy.

Main sights

★ ''Rocca'' (Castle) of Tentennano, overlooking the ''frazione'' of Rocca d'Orcia. It was the centre of the struggle between the Salimbeni and the Republic of Siena, which re-acquired it in 1408. In the 16th century it was again contended between Siena and Florence

★ ''Rocca Aldobrandesca''.

★ Romanesque churches of ''Santa Maddalena'' and ''Santi Stefano and Degna''. The latter houses a ''Madonna with Child'' by Simone Martini and a ''Madonna with Child'' by Pietro Lorenzetti.

Demographic evolution

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References

1. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.

External links

★ www.comune.castiglionedorcia.siena.it/

★ Fototoscana - Images of cities and landscapes of Tusany