Castello di Montauto (Anghiari)
castle, chateau
420m
Province of Arezzo, Tuscany

Anghiari is a town and comune in the Province of Arezzo

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Castello di Montauto (Anghiari), Castello di Montauto (Anghiari)
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Anghiari is a town and comune in the Province of Arezzo.

Anghiari is famous for the Battle of Anghiari between Florence and Milan which took place there on 29 June 1440. The battle inspired a fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio by Leonardo da Vinci. The fresco has since gone missing although a sketch of it by Peter Paul Rubens is still in existence.

Montauto was already in existence during the Etruscan period (VIII to V centuries BC ), and the settlement took advantage of the territory’s rich copper mines. It was a Roman/Byzantine lookout tower and came under the dominion of a feudal lord, Goffredo. The distinctive feature of the Castle di Montauto is the cylindrical tower on its corner. The castle itself has its origins in 1170-80.

Together with villa La Barbolana and Castello di Galbino, the Castle di Montauto was one of the residences of the old Galbino family. Here Francis of Assisi, not yet a saint, is said to have rested for a few days, after he had received the stigmata at La Verna in 1224. While here, Count Alberto gave Francis a new priest's habit in exchange for the old, stained one. This was soon considered a precious relic and was kept in the castle’s chapel until 1502 when the Florentines brought it to Florence. The habit of Montauto is now displayed in the Santuario della Verna.

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