Città di Castello

Città di Castello
Country	Italy
region	Umbria
province	Perugia (PG)
Coordinates	43 ° 28 ' N , 12 ° 14' E Coordinates: 43 ° 28 '0 " N , 12 ° 14' 0" E
height	288 m slm
surface	387 km²
Residents	39,192 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	101 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	06012 (main town, Riosecco), 06010 (Fraccano, Lerchi, Lugnano, Morra, Petrelle, Petroia (Badia di Petroia), Promano, San Leo Bastia, San Maiano, San Secondo), 06011 (Cerbara), 06018 (Trestina)
prefix	075
ISTAT number	054013
Popular name	Tifernati
Patron saint	San Florido
Website	Città di Castello
	; Città di Castello

Città di Castello [tʃitˈta di kaˈstɛllo] is a town in the Italian region of Umbria with 39,192 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and belongs to the province of Perugia . It is the seat of the Catholic diocese of Città di Castello .

geography

Città di Castello is located in the upper Tiber Valley, the Valtiberina , in the northern tip of Umbria on the border with the neighboring regions of Toscana and Marche .

The neighboring municipalities include Apecchio ( PU ), Arezzo ( AR ), Citerna , Cortona (AR), Mercatello sul Metauro (PU), Monte Santa Maria Tiberina , Monterchi (AR), Montone , Pietralunga , San Giustino , Sansepolcro (AR) and Umbertide .

The districts are Antirata, Astucci, Badia di Petroia, Badiali, Barzotti, Baucca San Martino d'Upò, Belvedere, Bisacchi, Bonsciano, Caifirenze, Candeggio, Canoscio, Capitana, Celle, Cerbara, Cinquemiglia, Colcello, Coldipozzo, Cornetto, Croce di Castiglione, Fabbrecce, Fiume, Fraccano, Grumale, Lerchi, Lugnano, Madonna di Canoscio, Montemaggiore, Morra, Muccignano, Palazzone, Petrelle, Piosina, Promano, Rio Secco, Roccagnano, Ronti, Rovigliano, San Biagio del Cornetto, San Leo Bastia, San Lorenzo Bibbiana, San Maiano, San Martino di Castelvecchio, San Martin Pereto, San Pietro a Monte, San Secondo, Santa Lucia, Scalocchio, Terme di Fontecchio, Trestina, Uppiano, Userna, Userna Bassa, Valdipetrina, Vallurbana, Vingone and Volterrano.

history

Città di Castello is of Umbrian or Etruscan origin; in 89 BC It became a Roman municipium under the name Tifernum Tiberinum (Tifernum on the Tiber). The city was ravaged by the Ostrogoths under their king Totila in the 6th century . It was rebuilt as Castrum Felicitatis , the name Civitas Castelli has been documented since the 10th century . Since the early modern period, the city has been under the rule of various families, of which the Vitelli eventually prevailed (for whom Antonio da Sangallo the Younger built a remarkable Renaissance palace). Cesare Borgia incorporated the city for his father, Pope Alexander VI. the Papal States . On September 11, 1860, Città di Castello was conquered by Piedmontese troops for united Italy.

Culture and sights

Attractions

Dom Santi Florido e Manzio from the 11th-18th centuries century

Palazzo Comunale and city tower from the 14th century

Palazzo del Podestà from the 15th century

Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera, built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the 16th century

Dominican Church of San Domenico, built in the 15th century

Church of San Francesco, built in the 13th century, Vitelli chapel according to plans by Giorgio Vasari

The cathedral
Cathedral from the inside
Campanile rotondo
Torre Civica, the city tower
Palazzo del Podestà
Palazzo Vitelli alla Cannoniera
Vitelli alla Cannoniera gardens

Museums

Madonna of the Maestro di Città di Castello in the Pinakothek

Alberto Burri Collection (Collezione Burri)
Cathedral Museum (Museo del Duomo)
Municipal Pinakothek (Pinacoteca Comunale)
Weaving Museum (Museo della Tessitura): documents the linen weaving of the city
Book Printing Museum (Museo della Tipografia)
Folklore Museum (Museo delle Tradizioni Popolari)

theatre

Teatro degli Illuminati: municipal theater without its own ensemble

Regular events

Festival of Nations (Festival delle Nazioni di Città di Castello): Two-week chamber music festival in August / September with concerts, theater and dance performances.

Town twinning

Chișinău , Moldova
Sighișoara , Romania (friendship treaty)

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Pope Celestine II († 1144)
Vitellozzo Vitelli (1531–1568), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Antonio Maria Abbatini (1595–1677 / 79), conductor and composer
Guido Ubaldo Abbatini (around 1600–1656), painter and mosaicist
Marietta Alboni (1826-1894), opera singer (alto)
Alberto Burri (1915–1995), painter
Pietro Fiordelli (1916-2004), Bishop of Prato
Sergio Goretti (1929–2012), Bishop of Assisi-Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino
Nino Fuscagni (1937-2018), actor
Massimo Fecchi (* 1946), comic artist
Ivo Baldi Gaburri (* 1947), Bishop of Huari
Nazzareno Marconi (* 1958), Bishop of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia
Monica Bellucci (born 1964), film actress
Catia Polidori (* 1967), politician
Michele Bravi (* 1994), pop singer and YouTuber

People with a relationship to the city

Pliny the Younger (≈61 / 62 – ≈113 / 15), Roman senator and writer
Lorca Massine (* 1944), dancer and choreographer, son of the dancer and choreographer Léonide Massine
Salvatore Sciarrino (* 1947), contemporary composer

literature

Touring Club Italiano : Umbria. Milan 1999, ISBN 88-365-2542-3 , pp. 215 ff.

Web links

Commons : Città di Castello - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Information page of the municipality (Italian)
umbriatourism.it: Città di Castello , pictures and interesting facts (German)
cittadicastellonline.it (Italian)
Festival of Nations

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ Website of the Festival delle Nazione. Retrieved September 21, 2019 (Italian).
^ History and project (website of the festival). Retrieved September 21, 2019 .

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] Website of the Festival delle Nazione. Retrieved September 21, 2019 (Italian).

[3] History and project (website of the festival). Retrieved September 21, 2019 .