{"id":8660,"date":"2023-08-25T10:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/metalliferous-hills\/gavorrano\/castel-di-pietra\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T07:23:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T06:23:10","slug":"castel-di-pietra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/metalliferous-hills\/gavorrano\/castel-di-pietra\/","title":{"rendered":"Castel di Pietra"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\"\"Castel di Pietra<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Castel di Pietra is located north-east of<\/span> Gavorrano<\/span><\/a> . It’s part of the Parco Tecnologico Archeologico Delle Colline Metallifere Grossetane, so if you’re looking to find it, you can always pop into the Gavorrano tourist information center in Piazza Buozzi or visit the website of the <\/span>park<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Small communities have lived in the surrounding caves since prehistoric times. But the first mention of the actual castle dates back to 1067, when it belonged to the Sestigna and Aldobrandeschi families.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1203 the lords of Gavorrano wanted to prevent the transit of Grosseto salt which did not come from either the Aldobrandeschi or Sienese warehouses. The soldiers were <\/span>positioned at the Castello di Pietro to control the road between the salt pans and Grosseto.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 13th century the castle became the home of the ruling Pannocchieschi family and then passed to the Municipality of Massa in 1328 after the death of Nello Pannocchieschi.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the following centuries many other important families coveted Gavorrano for its rich mines and endless battles were fought around the castle. The number of victims was high and human remains dating from this period have been found around the castle.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But for the most part, Castel di Pietro is the stuff of legends rather than the stuff of history. Locals believe that Pia dei Tolomei jumped (or was pushed) to her death here. Pia was said to be the wife of Nello Pannocchieschi, who is said to have wanted to marry Margherita Aldobrandeschi and consolidate his power as the ruling lord.<\/span><\/p>\n

The legend was woven by Dante Alighieri, who included it in the<\/span> Divine Comedy.<\/span><\/em> His words are celebrated during the annual<\/span> Salto della Contessa festival<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Gavorrano you will find the<\/span> museum<\/span><\/a> Documentation Center of Davide Manni, which recalls the legend. The museum also displays drawings and other artifacts that depict or were taken from the castle.<\/span><\/p>\n

On one of the castle walls is a plaque (above). <\/span>I find the verse so enchanting that I translated it for you. <\/span>These are Pia’s words as written by Dante Alighieri:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cA third spirit followed the second:
‘Ah, when you return to the world,
and you will be rested after the long journey,
remember me, I am La Pia:
Siena made me: Maremma destroyed me:
knows who first pledged himself to me, marry me with his ring.\u201d
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Castel di Pietra Castel di Pietra is located north-east of Gavorrano . It’s part of the Parco Tecnologico Archeologico Delle Colline Metallifere Grossetane, so if you’re looking to find it, you can always pop into the Gavorrano tourist information center in Piazza Buozzi or visit the website of the park. Small communities have lived in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":8658,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":21,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8660","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8660\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maremma.name\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}