Until 1815 this was a state of its own: the marquisate of Monte Santa Maria, an imperial fief of the Bourbon del Monte. The eldest member of the family ruled, whichever branch he came from, and the marquis minted his own coin, the montesca, worth about as much as the Florentine florin.
The imperial charter also granted asylum to men wanted elsewhere, and the campo franco: here you could fight a duel without risking excommunication, and there were three such places in Europe. In the marquises' palace remain the little balcony from which new laws were announced and the slot for anonymous denunciations. Until 1927 the comune belonged to the province of Arezzo; its 1,216 residents gather black truffles.
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📅 Every year, on 15 August
Monte Santa Maria Tiberina celebrates the Assumption on 15 August; the town was an imperial fief of the Bourbon del Monte marquises from the 11th century, ruled by an elective monarchy until 1803, as a free zone between Tuscany and the Papal States.
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Outside Monte Santa Maria Tiberina, but an easy day trip away.
