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Il territorio della Scialenga

ASCIANO - An attempt to re-tie some threads of local history



Going to revisit the history of the many castles of Scialenga, controlled by the various family branches of the Cacciaconti between 1000 and the end of 1200, it is quite clear that it occupied a large part of the territories corresponding to the upper basin of the Ombrone river.


A summary of the reflections that emerged from this first and partial research is contained in the note which can be accessed by clicking below:


Siena, the Ombrone and the Cacciaconti: an intertwining that lasted centuries



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