Città di Castello is a town in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. The town and its environs have a population of around 38,300 (official census, 2003). It is located on the upper part of the flood plain of the River Tiber. Umbria is a mountainous region of central Italy, in the valley of the river Tiber. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in...

The town may have been Etruscan; the Romans knew it as Tifernum Tiberinum (i.e., Tifernum on the Tiber). It was largely destroyed during the Ostrogothic campaign under their king Totila. The town was subsequently rebuilt and renamed first Castrum Felicitatis and later Civitas Castelli. Later it became the domain of the Vitelli family (for whom Antonio Sangallo built an extensive palace), before Cesare Borgia had the patrianch of the Vitelli strangled and Città di Castello added to the papal possessions. Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ... This article deals with the continental Ostrogoths. ... Totila was king of the Ostrogoths, chosen after the death of his uncle Ildibad in 541. ... Cesare Borgia ( September, 1475 - March 12, 1507), Duke of Valencia, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) and brother to Lucrezia Borgia. ...

Città di Castello has a very lively, urban feel for so relatively small a town. The city is mostly brick, since it has been found that the local sandstone erodes very rapidly. Its principal monuments are not outstanding, but include the medieval Palazzo Comunale and a tall thin city tower nearby, the Torre Comunale, also medieval; the much reworked cathedral (Duomo), essentially 18th century, and the Pinacoteca Comunale, an art museum with mostly Renaissance works, although notable for its external decoration by Vasari. The Museo del Duomo, or cathedral museum is famous for the Canoscio hoard, a set of Late Antique silver tableware with Christian motifs. Duomo is a generic Italian term for a cathedral church. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance -French Renaissance -German Renaissance -English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ... Late Antiquity is a rough periodization used by historians and other scholars to describe the interval between high Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Europe and the Mediterranean world - between the decline of the western Roman Empire from the 3rd century AD onward, to the resurgence of the West...

Towards the end of the 20th century, the city has seen a considerable expansion northwards toward S. Giustino, with industrial parks tracking the river, railroad and main highway: the area produces farm machinery, textiles, ceramics and furnishings. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Famous inhabitants

• Pliny the Younger
• Pope Celestine II
• Actress Monica Bellucci was born there in 1968.

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63 - ca. ... Celestine II, né Guido di Castello (d. ... Monica Bellucci Monica Bellucci (born September 30, 1964) is an Italian supermodel and actress, born in Citta di Castello, Italy. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

External links

• Official homepage (in Italian) (http://www.cittadicastello.com/)
• Bill Thayer's site (http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Citta_di_Castello/Citta_di_Castello/home.html)
• Basic information at Umbria Online (in English) (http://en.umbriaonline.com/cittadicastello.phtml)