Find out Cagli
Info and history
Cagli is located about 50 km from the sea, along the ancient Via Flaminia, on the border with Umbria. The origins of the city are very ancient, perhaps 4th century BC, as evidenced by the ancient root of its name "Cale" and various archaeological finds. Its territory was inhabited by different populations such as the Umbrians, the Etruscans and the Senoni Gauls; in the third century BC it became a wall of the Roman domains who indicated it as "Cale Vicus" located along the council road Flaminia. With the fall of the Roman Empire and the subsequent barbarian incursions, the populations took refuge on the steep hill overlooking the Flaminia, called "Bandirola", founding the medieval city, surrounded by solid walls, making it a strategic point in the Byzantine corridor. In 756, Cagli is mentioned as a city in some documents that testify to its donation by King Pepin the Short to the Roman Church. At the end of the 12th century it became a municipality and in 1287, during an armed battle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, it was partially destroyed. Two years later, in 1289, under the aegis of Pope Nicolo 'IV, Cagli was moved and rebuilt with a classical plan, on the floor below, on the slopes of Mount Petrano (1163m) where it is currently located. In the fourteenth century, Cagli falls within the domains of the Lordship of the Montefeltro and subsequently, during the sixteenth century, in those of the Della Rovere to then become part of the State of the Church (seventeenth century) until the unification of Italy ( 1860).
To be seen
Of the fortress built by Federico da Montefeltro in the century. XV to Francesco di Giorgio Martini, today unfortunately almost nothing remains, except for a few ruins. It was connected with an underground passage to the imposing elliptical tower still existing downstream and home to the recent Center for Contemporary Sculpture which houses works by various artists. The adaptation works of the medieval Palazzo Pubblico (13th century) to the ducal residence, now the seat of the Municipality and the Archaeological Museum , also date back to the Montefeltro era. The city is rich in works of art (mostly housed in the numerous religious buildings) by artists such as Gaetano Lapis from Cagliari (known as Carraccetto), by Giovanni Santi, father of Raphael (church of San Domenico), by Timoteo Viti, teacher of Raphael and others. In addition to the Palazzo Pubblico we mention other historic buildings and churches such as Ponte Mallio (Roman era), Palazzo Tiranni (16th century), Church of San Domenico (14th century), Church of San Bartolomeo (from the 14th century but transformed into Baroque style in the 17th and 18th centuries), the Cathedral Basilica (16th century . XII restructured in the XV century), Church of S.Giuseppe (XVI century but formerly called S.Angelo Maggiore circa XI century), the Church and the Convent of S.Nicolò (XVIII century), the church and the Convent of S. Pietro (XIV century), Church of S. Angelo Minore (XIV century) , the Church of San Francesco (13th century), Santa Maria della Misericordia (of Romanesque origin, perhaps restored in the 14th century), San Filippo (16th century). xIv) and the Municipal Theater, built in the years 187O-1878 by the architect Santini. In the territory of Cagli in the locality of Abbadia di Naro there are the Castle of Naro (13th century), privately owned, and the Abbey of S. Maria Nuova ( . XII). Among the events we remember the Procession of the Dead Christ (Good Friday), in which 400 hooded brothers move barefoot in a procession through the streets of the city, and the Historical Palio of the Goose Game (second Sunday in August) played by the four districts. historians who move their pages along a path of 54 squares.
