The town of
Cinigiano is located in the area of Grosseto, at 324 meters a.s.l.
Medieval castle it was capital of a Podesta Office in the Mediceo period. In
1956 it suffered the detachment of the district of Montenero, aggregated to the
municipality of Castel del Piano.
In the Medieval era the Lords were the descendents of Bernardino di
Cinigiano,
tied by a bond of Vassal to the Counts Aldobrandeschi of the Santa Fiora branch.
In 1254, the sons of Bernardino placed the castle and its district under a
partnership to the republic of Siena, renewing thus an act of submission to
which above all they did not demonstrate too much loyalty, accustomed as they
were to tyrannise the poor population of
Cinigiano. After the nth proof of
disloyalty Siena proclaimed in 1278, Bernardino di
Cinigiano, son of the family
founder, with the accusation of having attacked a French prelate who was staying
at Viterbo with the court of Pope Giovanni XXI.
Towards the end of the XIV century
Cinigiano was passed, through events not
clear, under the Lordship of the Counts Guidi di Poppi and di Battifolle. In
1389, Siena decided to recuperate the castle by paying 2,500 gold florins to
Count Francesco di Ugone di Battifolle, but again at the beginning of the XV
century
Cinigiano was dependent to the same Lords. Only in 1404 the inhabitants,
free of the Lords of the Casentinese lineage, submitted themselves to the Siena
republic, with whom there was a sympathy. In 1766 Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena
decreed that its territory would become part of the new Grosseto Province.
In the town of
Cinigiano one can visit the Church of Saint Archangel Michael of
the XVI century and the Chapel of Saint Mary of the Snow of the XV century.
At
Cinigiano, there is tourist accommodation available in hotels, farm holiday,
farmhouse, residence self-catering accommodation, b&b, rooms for rent, holiday
homes, camp sites and tourist villages.
