The construction of the castle of chitignano, known as the castle of the ubertini, dates back to the X century.
The manor, at the beginning of the XIII century, belonged to the Counts of Chiusi. From 1261 it passed to the Counts ubertini and the bishop of Arezzo guglielmino ubertini. The prelate, at an advanced age, led the Ghibelline army in the Battle of Campaldino against the Florentines of Guelph (including Dante Alighieri), where he was defeated and died on Saturday, June 11, 1289 by a blow to the head. In the course of successive renovations, the castle was incorporated into a larger complex of residential buildings, taking on the appearance of a seventeenth-century fortified country villa.
The castle belonged to the noble family of the ubertini, owner of the rural lordship of chitignano until 1779, except for a few years during the fourteenth century when it was property of the tarlati.
The manor, at the beginning of the XIII century, belonged to the Counts of Chiusi. From 1261 it passed to the Counts ubertini and the bishop of Arezzo guglielmino ubertini. The prelate, at an advanced age, led the Ghibelline army in the Battle of Campaldino against the Florentines of Guelph (including Dante Alighieri), where he was defeated and died on Saturday, June 11, 1289 by a blow to the head. In the course of successive renovations, the castle was incorporated into a larger complex of residential buildings, taking on the appearance of a seventeenth-century fortified country villa.
The castle belonged to the noble family of the ubertini, owner of the rural lordship of chitignano until 1779, except for a few years during the fourteenth century when it was property of the tarlati.
