Castelfranco Di Sotto

Castelfranco Di Sotto

Castelfranco di Sotto is a town of 11,395 inhabitants in the province of Pisa. The site was born from the union of four small villages that during the year 1000 were subjected to numerous raids struggles between the Guelphs and Ghibellines, between the cities of Pisa, Lucca and Florence. Uniting himself together to fight the enemy more easily, to help in this project offered the city of Lucca, which built a fort in this land border. I lucchesi sought to eliminate most taxes possible from the village in order to make it popolasse, right here derives from the name Castelfranco. The village was equipped by mighty walls with sixteen towers, which still retain typical Roman castrese with two main roads that cross the center and leading to the four-door encasing districts that have uniform measures. The doors recall the four villages and Saints holders of their churches that depended then the parish of St. Maria a Monte S. St. Peter in Vigesimo S. Martino in Catiana Bartolomeo Paterno S. Michele in Caprugnana In the twelfth century, the death of Count of Cadolingi, the territory became possession of Castelfranco di Lucca. Beginning in 1839 Castelfranco becomes the Podesteria with power over the municipalities of Santa Croce, Santa Maria a Monte and Montecalvoli. In 1859, the town was annexed into the Kingdom of Italy, expanding his territory and his own people for the voluntary union of a part of the Parish of Orentano.

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