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San Giustino is a modern agricultural and engineering city close to Città of Castello.

History of San Giustino

The origins of the village of San Giustino are very ancient indeed were found bronze artefacts and the remains of Roman villas. According to some, the same Pliny stayed in the village, where there is a hill called Pliny hill. Legends say that the name was given in honor of a Roman soldier named Justin, who was martyred around 300 AD in Umbria. The first documentation are part of the sixth century, in documents of the Chirch. In the Middle Ages the town was the feud of the Dotti and then the Bufalini, who built the eponymous castle at the center of the city. The city later became part of Città di Castello and then become a free common and went to the Kingdom of Italy.

Attractions in San Giustino

The Castle Bufalini, at the center of the village, was a defensive fortress and then was transformed by Vasari in a magnificent manor house. Affrescato from Gherardi, it also contains a magnificent example of giardino all'italiana with a labyrinth. Near the city is Cospaia, a strip of land a few square kilometers, which for an error on a medieval map became an independent republic from 1440 to 1826. In its territory in 1575 was the first cultivated tobacco of Italy with seed brought from Spain by Abate Nicholas Tornabuoni, which in his honor was called tornabuona grass.

Accomodations in San Giustino:

Farmhouse Il Cantuccio in San Giustino

Bed and breakfast Casa Spertaglia - Ender Karin in San Giustino

Farmhouse Agricerreto Sport in San Giustino

Rooms La Locanda in San Giustino

Farmhouse Podere S. Andrea in San Giustino

Farmhouse Villa Carolina in San Giustino

Bed and breakfast Le Murce in San Giustino

Rooms Bianchi Giuseppina -Il Castello in San Giustino

Rooms La Matra 2000 in San Giustino

Bed and breakfast Torre Di Cospaia in San Giustino




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Frazioni of San Giustino: Celalba, Cospaia, Selci-Lama, Uselle-Renzetti


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