#montaperti

We all love stories of spies and double agents. James Bond and the numerous films charting the lives of spies during the world wars never fail to entertain or fascinate.

Video of the Battle of Montaperti

Dante put a character called Bocca degli Abati into the 9th circle of Hell for political treachery.

While he was fighting on the side of the Florentine Guelphs at the battle of Montaperti in 1260, he sensed that the tide was turning at the hand of King Manfred (who was regarded as the chief of the Ghibellines) and his German cavalry, and treacherously cut off the hand of the Florentine standard-bearer, throwing the Florentines into a panic and losing them this important battle.

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[ Castelnuovo Berardenga ] Montaperti passato e presente

Sagre e Feste Castelnuovo Berardenga da venerdì 21 agosto 2015 a domenica 23 agosto 2015 A Casetta torna, come ogni anno, “Montaperti passato e presente”, la festa in memoria della storica battaglia, combattuta il 4 settembre 1260 tra guelfi e ghibellini. L’edizione 2015 si svolgerà da venerdì 21 agosto a domenica 6 settembre, con un calendario ricco di eventi, all’insegna della musica, della…