Castiglione dei Pepoli

Castiglione dei Pepoli is a town that Emilia -Romagna 57 km south of the city of Bologna in the region, with which it is connected by the highway Val di Setta and other highway arteries. The municipality has 5844 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012), has an area of ​​65.8 square kilometers and is located 691 meters above the sea level. She is a member of the Comunità Montana Cinquevalli Bolognesi and lies on the River Setta.

The main village is situated on the ridge of Mount Gatta; completely expands a fairly wide and divided into towns area, including Baragazza, Lagaro and Roncobilaccio. The natural boundaries of the municipality are deferred to the south by the Apennines arc stretching from the village of San Giacomo to Brasimone Lake in the west to Setta stream in the north to the confluence of the Brasimone and Setta east of Brasimone.

History

The main village is of Roman origin. The name derives from the Latin castellum, a diminutive of castrum ( military base ), whose existence was nevertheless testified that shortly after the year 1000. Until the 19th century, his name was accompanied by the designation Dei Gatti: The assumptions about the meaning can be attributed to an old term for the word forest ( Celtic gatt and Lombard Gautama ).

The current name comes from a royal decree dei Pepoli of 1830, in which the noble family House of Bologna was called the Pepoli. The area belonged to the Counts Alberti's a long time from Prato, Mangona. Because of the repeated and violent attacks by the nearby cities of Bologna and Florence, who could not fend off the Alberti, the whole area in 1340 was handed over by the Alberti at the Pepolis of Bologna.

Actually prevailed in the municipality until the mid-15th century, initially Bologna and then Florence. The feudal power of the Pepoli lasted until the Napoleonic period, during which they swore by the Republic. Shortly thereafter (1797 ), feudalism was abolished and incorporated in the District of Cispadanischen Republic. In 1810 he was under the administration of Vergato and then he followed the events of Napoleon until the Congress of Vienna, after which it became part of the Papal States.

1859 came the church to the Kingdom of Italy.

Sons and daughters of the town

• Leo Nucci ( born 1942 ), opera singer