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The historical center of the Val di Chiana, enriched by Etruscan and Roman findings, was at its maximum splendor in the second half of 1400’s and in the 1500’s when the family Ciocchi Di Monte, originally from Florence, flourished in this area. Many famous jurists and illustrious prelates as the Cardinal Anthony, who commissioned the magnificent palace , now town hall, were part of this family. His nephew Giovanni Maria, was elected pope in 1550 under the name of Julius III. Following such event, the Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo I de Medici, bestowed Monte San Savino, with the title of county, to the pope’s brother, Balduino di Monte. Only after changing ownership several times, Monte San Savino, returned under the grand ducal dominion in 1748. During the elections in 1860, out of 1635 electors, 1594 declared themselves favourable to the annexation of Tuscany to Piemonte, while during the institutional referendum on June 2nd 1946, the votes in favour of the Republic were 3231, whereas the ones for the monarchy were 1758. With the decree (July 22nd 1991) the President of the Republic, granted Monte San Savino, the ardently desired title of “town”. A quite large ,organized Hebrew community , with its own worship and burial places , inhabited Monte San Savino from 1627 to 1799, when it was forced to leave due to the “Viva Maria “ movement. Among the illustrious people in Monte San Savino we’d like to mention the following: -the famous sculptor and architect Andrea Sansovino (1460-1529); -Salomone Fiorentino (1743-1815), “the first Hebrew that we can find in Italian literature”; -the scientist Giuseppe Sanarelli (1864-1940); -Giulio Salvadori (1862-1928), poet and expert of literature, critic and journalist, teacher and university professor at the Cattolica in Milan.
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