Capolona

Capolona is a small city and comune in Tuscany, crucial Italy, on the proper financial institution of the River Arno. It is adjacent to Arezzo, the capital of the province of the identical name. Capolona become originally known as Campus Leonis or Caput leonis. In 943, a deed of confirmation mentions Campus Leonis as being the assets of a Bernardo, a noble of Arezzo. The call Campus Leonis was later corrupted to Capolona. The core of Capolona grew across the Abbey of San Gennaro in Campo Leonis. The Abbey turned into founded in 972 by way of the Marquis Ugo di Toscana and his wife Giuditta. It was located below the protection of Emperors Otto Carrado II and Arrigo gave the Abbey jurisdiction over numerous of the castles and courts inside the diocese of Arezzo.

In 1241, the Arezzo military besieged Capolona and destroyed it. The Abbott was forced to surrender all of the castles and lands beneath manipulate of the Abbey. Their possession turned into surpassed to the municipality. These were in flip exceeded to the dominion of the Tarlati di Pietramala, in 1384, after the Arezzo territories surrendered to Firenze, turning into part of the Fiorentino Republic.