<div class="breadcrumb"><a href="https://www.petroia.it/en">Castello di Petroia Hotel</a><span class='seprater'> > </span></div>{"id":20829,"date":"2020-12-04T17:21:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/?page_id=20829"},"modified":"2020-12-04T17:24:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:24:52","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/castle-relais-umbria\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;87&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;34&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; color: #000000;\">The thousand-year history of the Castle<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; anchor=&#8221;portfolio&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f8f8f8&#8243; border_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;75&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type=&#8221;transparent&#8221; up=&#8221;12&#8243; down=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_text]The origins of Castello di Petroia are to be found in the year 1072, when the independent town of Gubbio built castles to protect its territories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1384 the Count of Montefeltro occupied Gubbio and became both the Lord of the city and the Castle. 30 years later the Castle was sold to the Accomanducci family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On 7<sup>th<\/sup> June 1422 the young Elisabetta degli Accomanducci gave birth to Federico da Montefeltro, the famous Duke of Urbino and one of the most important Italian Renaissance warlords.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Castello di Petroia had different owners over the centuries. Many famous families lived here:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1396 the Count Galasso da Montefeltro bought the Castle and the lands of Petroia.<\/li>\n<li>In 1414, Matteo degli Accomanducci from Urbino purchased Petroia.<\/li>\n<li>In 1458 Elisabetta degli Accomanducci inherited the entire property and received feudal titles that remained in the family for three generations.<\/li>\n<li>In 1487 Guidubaldo da Montefeltro gave the castle and its lands to Alessandro Reggeri from Canossa. The property remained in the hands of his family for 4 generations.<\/li>\n<li>In 1617 Camilla di Canossa, who had no children, donated the Castle to Monte di Piet\u00e0 of Reggio Emilia (a mortgage institution for charity).<\/li>\n<li>In 1629 Monte di Piet\u00e0 sold the Castle to the Ugolini family.<\/li>\n<li>From 1823 on, the Castle and its lands belonged to the Benveduti family (marquises of Gubbio).<\/li>\n<li>In 1925 (on Good Friday) the whole property was bought by David Sagrini and 20 years ago, Carlo Claudio Sagrini turned it into \u201cCastello di Petroia relais\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;87&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;34&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text] The thousand-year history of the Castle [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;40&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; anchor=&#8221;portfolio&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#f8f8f8&#8243; border_color=&#8221;#eeeeee&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;75&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_separator type=&#8221;transparent&#8221; up=&#8221;12&#8243; down=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column_text]The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":15421,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full_width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20829"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20833,"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20829\/revisions\/20833"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petroia.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}