Castel del Piano is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' (municipality) of

Province of Grosseto The province of Grosseto () is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Grosseto. As of 2013 the province had a total population of 225,098 people. Geography The Province of Grosseto completely ...

in the

Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital city is Florence. Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, artistic legacy, and its in ...

, central Italy. Castel del Piano-2

History

The area of Castel del Piano is known to have been inhabited in prehistoric times, but the town itself is mentioned for the first time in a document from 890 AD. From 1175 to 1321 it was a possession of the

Aldobrandeschi The Aldobrandeschi family was an Italian noble family from southern Tuscany. Overview Of probable Lombard origin, they appear in history as counts in the 9th century. The first known count was Hildebrand II (857). Their possession extended t ...

family. After the fall of the

Republic of Siena The Republic of Siena (, ) was a historic state consisting of the city of Siena and its surrounding territory in Tuscany, Central Italy. It existed for over 400 years, from 1125 to 1555. During its existence, it gradually expanded throughout south ...

, it became part of the

Grand Duchy of Tuscany The Grand Duchy of Tuscany (; ) was an Italian monarchy located in Central Italy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1860, replacing the Republic of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence. In the 19th century the population ...

Government

''Frazioni''

The municipality is formed by the municipal seat of Castel del Piano and the villages (''

frazioni A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'') of Montegiovi and Montenero d'Orcia.

List of mayors

Culture

The city is divided into four ''contrade'' (quarters) which take part in a

palio Palio is the name given in Italy to an annual athletic contest, very often of a historical character, pitting the neighbourhoods of a town or the hamlets of a ''comune'' against each other. Typically, they are fought in costume and commemorate so ...

held every 8 September. The palio was raced for the first time in 1402. The contrade are: *Borgo *Monumento *Poggio *Storte

Main sights

*Chiesa della Propositura (15th century). The church houses paintings by

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (January 25, 1657 – July 3, 1736) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period and active in Rome and Tuscany. Biography Born in Castel del Piano, now known as Province of Grosseto, Giuseppe was the son of the painter ...

, Francesco Nasini, and

Rutilio Manetti Rutilio di Lorenzo Manetti (c. 1571 – 22 July 1639) was an Italian painter of late-Mannerism or proto-Baroque, active mainly in Siena. Biography He was influenced and/or taught by the local artists Francesco Vanni and Ventura Salimbeni. He is ...

. The decorations on the facade were created by

Giuseppe Domenico Felli Giuseppe Domenico Felli (19 March 1839 – 5 December 1897) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in his native Tuscany. Life and career Born in Casale di Pari in 1839, Felli was enrolled at the Institute of Fine Arts in Siena, where he studied ...

in 1871. The bell tower was built in 1829 by

Gaetano Baccani Gaetano (anglicized '' Cajetan'') is an Italian masculine given name. It is also used as a surname. It is derived from the Latin ''Caietanus'', meaning "from ''Caieta''" (the modern Gaeta). The given name has been in use in Italy since medieval pe ...

. *Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie

Notable people

(1657–1736),

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

painter * Bernardino Caldaioli (1847–1907), Roman Catholic bishop * Irzio Luigi Magliacani (1892–1976), Roman Catholic bishop and missionary * Anna Rita Bramerini (born 1968), politician

External links

* Useful travel information and updated events in Castel del Piano and Southern Tuscany Cities and towns in Tuscany {{Grosseto-geo-stub