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HISTORY
The area of the Mugello has remains from the Etruscan and
the Roman periods, but the most significant buildings are from the
Middle Ages and the renaissance. In the Early Middle Ages the passes
of the Apennines were controlled by the fortresses of the powerful
families Guidi and Ubaldini.
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the XIV century they were defeated by the Florentine Republic , which
was looking for new land and was very interested in controlling an
area with strategic and economic importance. The Florentines built
the "terre murate" (the walled land) of Scarperia, Firenzuola
and Vicchio, while the big centres of San Piero a Sieve and Borgo
San Lorenzo developed spontaneously as they were in the middle of
the crossroads. The Medici family, during the Renaissance, left many
elegant and charming signs of its power in the Mugello, such as castles
and villas of great taste and harmony, in the natural beauty of the
area. The churches and the buildings preserve important works by the
artists who were born in the Mugello, such as Giotto and Beato Angelico.
From the 18th century, the opening of new communication ways and the
changes in the policy of the Grand Duchy lead to an isolation of the
Mugello and it went towards its inexorable decline as the labour for
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