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Fondo Antico

It currently houses 12,800 volumes and is currently digitizing the most prestigious manuscripts and printed books.

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The "Giuseppe Ghizzi" Ancient Fund is made up of the original core of the Municipal Library of Castiglion Fiorentino, founded in 1873 "for the benefit of scholars and the education of youth". The Ancient Fund, composed of volumes on legal, religious and philosophical subjects, is located in the rooms of Palazzo Pretorio.

It currently houses 12,800 volumes and the most prestigious manuscripts and printed books are being digitized.

Among the most valuable works, we recall a 13th-century antiphonary, with very rich illuminated decorations attributable to the Arezzo school; the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the work of the Flemish cartographer and geographer Abramo Ortelio, a systematic mapping of the globe created through a collection of maps from all over the world and drawn by various authors, printed for the first time in 1570; or the Hortus Siccus Pisanus, a herbal dating back to the first half of the 18th century.

It can be visited from Monday to Friday morning by reservation.

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Via del Tribunale 9
52043 Castiglion Fiorentino (AR)

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Palazzo Comunale

Political and administrative seat of Castiglion Fiorentino since the end of the 12th century, the Palazzo Comunale, or Palazzo San Michele, was rebuilt by the Perugians in 1375-76 and, subsequently, in 1489

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A large structure which, since the Middle Ages, marked the access to the Cassero

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Church of the Good Death

The Company of Prayer and Death, or Company of the Good Death, was founded in 1572 to organize a service of prayer, transportation, and burial of the deceased.

Institute of Santa Chiara

The complex was founded in the 16th century, when the monastery of San Salvatore was incorporated, which underwent significant expansion after 1557.

Church of Sant'Angelo

Mentioned in written sources from 1147 onwards, the church of Sant'Angelo is the oldest building in the town.

Loggiato Vasariano

In front of the Town Hall we find the so-called Vasari loggia: in reality the nine-arched construction, built on the occasion of the reconstruction of the current Town Hall square, dates back to 1513.

Porta Fiorentina

Porta Fiorentina, which constitutes the entrance to the northern area of the historic centre, is located in what, in ancient times, was called Terziere di Mercato.

Theater of Mario Spina

The history of the Teatro Comunale begins at the end of the 16th century, when the Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinand I authorized the Podestà of Castiglion Fiorentino to start an Academy to perform comedies.

Museo della Pieve di San giuliano

Since 2006, the Pieve di San Giuliano in Castiglion Fiorentino has been home to a vast exhibition of sacred art