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Images of Radicofani, Toscana
The town of Radicofani offers the sight of wonderful landscapes, the famous Villa Medicea called 'La Posta' and the Church of San Pietro built in a Romanesque style. It is in the province o Siena at 780 m of altitude.
In the Early Middle Ages, Radicofani was a fortress and it was cited in the year 973 for the first time. Around it, a first built-up area called "Callemala" rose. This building had long been disputed between the inhabitants of the Abbey of San Salvatore, set on the Amiata mountain, and the Counts Aldobrandeschi.
The town became an autonomous municipality and sided with the Guelfs, giving shelter to many Sienese exiles and suffering the violent reprisal of the Republic (1236). At the end of the XIII century, the legendary figure of Ghino di Tacco, the 'gentleman brigand', became famous in Radicofani. This leader, who belonged to the dynasty of the Conti of Guardavallo and who was a relentless Ghibelline, earned a great fame also thanks to Dante and Boccaccio, who cited him in their works.
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