Borgo di Pitigliano ( I )

Pitigliano and its area were inhabited in Etruscan times, but the first extant written mention of Pitigliano dates only to 1061.
In the early 13th century it belonged to the Aldobrandeschi family, and by the middle of the century it had become the capital of the surrounding county.
In 1293 the county passed to the Orsini family, which signaled the start of a hundred and fifty years of on-again, off-again wars with Siena, at the end of which, in 1455,
a compromise of sorts was reached: Siena acknowledged the status of county to Pitigliano, which, in exchange, placed herself under the suzerainty of Siena.

Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano
Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano
Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano
Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano
Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano	Pitigliano

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