Castle
Ciliano
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At the end of the thirteenth century, the Bargagli had become lords of Ciliano with a castle lost and taken over during the usual events involving Guelphs and Ghibellines. After 1355 with the new popular uprising that brought the Magistrature of the People to Siena, Ciliano was firmly reconquered and rebuilt and kept by the noble Bargagli family until 1418 when the Landucci sold it to another noble family.
In a document from the abbey of Monte Amiata from the years 816 and 828, a village or farmhouse of Geliano or Giliano is named. In August 1202, the castle village was set on fire by the Montepulcianesi in hostility against Siena and against the Scialenghi Cacciaconti and the Manenti of Sarteano.
In the peace agreement signed in Fonterutoli in October 1208 between the Sienese and the Florentines, in fact, the castle of Ciliano is included in the domain of the Republic of Siena. The noble Sienese Malavolti family who built a house with a height and perimeter of thirty arms acquired their temporary possession, placed in a strategic place and a bulwark of the Sienese defenses against the fearsome Montepulciano, an ally of Florence.
In 1229 the noblemen who had escaped from Montepulciano engaged with the Sienese republic to defend the castle and, in fact, there were numerous and useless attacks. In the mid-thirteenth century, however, after a bloody looting of the Montepulcianesi, the castle was equipped with new walls.
Today, by visiting this wonderful place, located between Torrita di Siena and Montepulciano, in memory of the castle invitto, we find only ancient houses arranged around a central space at the top of a hill. Downstream of the southern part there seems to be a stretch of basement of walls.
At the end of the thirteenth century, the Bargagli had become lords of Ciliano with a castle lost and taken over during the usual events involving Guelphs and Ghibellines. After 1355 with the new popular uprising that brought the Magistrature of the People to Siena, Ciliano was firmly reconquered and rebuilt and kept by the noble Bargagli family until 1418 when the Landucci sold it to another noble family.
In a document from the abbey of Monte Amiata from the years 816 and 828, a village or farmhouse of Geliano or Giliano is named. In August 1202, the castle village was set on fire by the Montepulcianesi in hostility against Siena and against the Scialenghi Cacciaconti and the Manenti of Sarteano.
In the peace agreement signed in Fonterutoli in October 1208 between the Sienese and the Florentines, in fact, the castle of Ciliano is included in the domain of the Republic of Siena. The noble Sienese Malavolti family who built a house with a height and perimeter of thirty arms acquired their temporary possession, placed in a strategic place and a bulwark of the Sienese defenses against the fearsome Montepulciano, an ally of Florence.
In 1229 the noblemen who had escaped from Montepulciano engaged with the Sienese republic to defend the castle and, in fact, there were numerous and useless attacks. In the mid-thirteenth century, however, after a bloody looting of the Montepulcianesi, the castle was equipped with new walls.
Today, by visiting this wonderful place, located between Torrita di Siena and Montepulciano, in memory of the castle invitto, we find only ancient houses arranged around a central space at the top of a hill. Downstream of the southern part there seems to be a stretch of basement of walls.