A market town of the upper Tiber valley around its abbey, with consuls since at least 1163, when Frederick I's privilege to the abbot confirmed one of his legate Rainald of Cologne.
Who holds it
- Name
- Consuls (names not pinned)
- Title
- The abbot of the Camaldolese abbey, with the town's consuls
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
The town grew round the abbey (Camaldolese since the period 1137-1187), in the diocese of Città di Castello; consuls are documented from 1163 and a podestà from 1203.
How things stand that morning
Self-governing under its abbot; Città di Castello, Arezzo and Perugia are its neighbours.
Charter
Imperial privilege of 1163 to the abbot, naming the consuls.
Council
Consuls; a podestà from 1203.
Communities
The abbey.
Militia
Town host.
Walls and castle
Walled borgo; new pieve begun in 1203.
Trade and crafts
Market of the upper Tiber; the woad trade is later.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Dated only from 1163 and 1203.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.