Poppi with its magnificent castle rises on a hill,
on the right bank of the river Arno,
in the centre of the Casentino valley.

The castle of Poppi is the most important medieval monument of the whole Casentino area.
Unlike all the other castles and anotable rchitectural buildings of the area
it wasn't damaged by time or ruined by men,
having always been used as a residence of the local political or administrative power.
In fact it is still today the seat of the Commune of Poppi.
Since its origins the history of the castle was strongly tied to that of the biggest feudal family of the Casentino
who made of Poppi the centre of their great fief
and lived in this castle for almost four hundred years:
the counts of the Guidi family.

Despite the fact that the first written notices of the existence of the castle are dated 1191, its architecture suggests that the foundation was preceded those documents by two or three centuries.