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Encyclopedia Britannica



PITIGLIANO

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 666 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PITIGLIANO , a town in Italy, province of Grosseto. Pop. (1901), 4416. It is the
cathedral
  city of the bishopric named after the neighbouring town of Sovana, and possesses a 16th-
century
 
cathedral
  and a
church
  of the 11th-15th centuries, Pitiglia.no was originally a fief of the countship of Sovana, which in 1293 came by
marriage
  into the possession of the
Orsini
 . In 1410 Sovana was taken by the Siennese, but by the terms of a peace concluded in 1417 the
Orsini
  retained Pitigliano, Gentile Orsini (assassinated 1434) assuming the title of
count
  of Pitigliano. The most famous of the line of
counts
  was Niccolo III. (1442-1510), a celebrated condottiere. Under his successors Pitigliano became the
scene
  of ceaseless family feuds culminating in assassinations. In 1562 the Medici of Florence seized
part
  of their territories, and acquired the rest by exchange in 1580. The Orsini stronghold still stands in the town.


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