page_title: Poppi Castle
section_title: Defense
hierarchical_section_title: Poppi Castle / Defense
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of unknown Fresco at Poppi Castle, Tuscany, Italy
context_page_description: Poppi Castle is a medieval castle in Poppi, Tuscany, Italy, formerly the property of the noble family of the Conti Guidi.
context_section_description: Poppi has been involved in two major battles over the course of its history, both of which have had important implications for the political direction of the whole Casentino.
  The first took place very close by, on 11 June 1289, at Campaldino. The Guidi Count of the time, Count Guido Novello, was a Ghibelline supporter and as such aligned with Arezzo, rather than the Guelphs of Florence. When the Aretine and Florentine armies marched to do battle, Poppi took the side of Arezzo. Unfortunately for Poppi the Ghibelline forces were quashed and Poppi had to defer to the rule of Florence. Dante was said to be present at the Battle of Campaldino, as a young man of 24 in the Florentine Guelph party, but historians disagree whether he actually took part. Despite the Guidis losing in the battle they continued to rule over the Casentino for another 150 years.
  In 1440 at the Battle of Anghiari, the Guidi's again took the wrong side and again took sides against Florence. When the Milanese were defeated by the Florentine army under the command of Niccoio Picciniono, Count Francesco dei Guidi was forced to surrender. Lucky to be spared with his life, the Guidi dynasty finally came to an end in the Casentino and they were exiled, and Poppi continued to be ruled by Florence up until the Unification in 1860.
caption: Fresco detail by Taddeo Gaddi, Poppi Castle
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