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	mario venturi
		The Battle of Montaperti was exhibited at the international show of Chicago and won best of show, Mario Venturi was awarded grand master.
		His workshop is in Florence, close to the site of the battle which took place on September 4th 1260.Enourmous research when into the figures in a period of history in which documentation is scanty..
		The photographs above are both taken from Montaperti La battagfia nef diorama di Mario Venturi an excellent book, which describes the battle and more importantly the methods used by Mario to construct the figures.
	www.knightsofavalon.com /mario_venturi.htm (169 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Battle of Montaperti
		The Battle of Montaperti was fought on September 4, 1260, between Florence and Siena in Tuscany as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
		It gained notoriety for an act of treachery that turned the tide of the battle, which was immortalised by Dante Alighieri in his poem The Divine Comedy.
		The two armies met at the hill of Montaperti, outside Siena, on the morning of September 4; at the head of the Sienese army was the formidable band of German mercenary cavalry.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Battle_of_Montaperti (718 words)

	Battle of Montaperti
		The Battle of Montaperti was fought on September 4, 1260, between Florence and Siena in Tuscany as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
		It gained notoriety for an act of treachery that turned the tide of the battle, which was immortalised by Dante Alighieri in his poem The Divine Comedy.
		The two armies met at the hill of Montaperti, outside Siena, on the morning of September 4; at the head of the Sienese army was the formidable band of German mercenary cavalry.
	www.1bx.com /en/Battle_of_Montaperti.htm (723 words)

	List of battles 601-1400 Information
		Battle of Cassano - September 27 - Ezzelino III da Romano is defeated by the crusade army of the Guelphs.
		Battle of Rio Salado - October 30 - Alfonso XI of Castile and Alfonso IV of Portugal defeat the Marinid under Sultan Abul-Hassan and the Granadine under King Yusuf I. Battle of Morlaix Besieged by the English, a French relief army broke the siege of Morlaix.
		Battle of Tragh-Bhaile; the Anglo-Irish defeat the sons of Henry O Neill.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/List_of_battles_601-1400 (4043 words)

	Italian "Hill of Death," 13th Century Montaperti - Full Text: Jun. '96 Military History Feature
		The Guelphs were taken aback by that betrayal at the critical point of the battle, and while Abati and his allies (hundreds of whom had been waiting for the right moment) were attacking their former comrades-in-arms, the Ghibellines launched their final offensive.
		The Battle of Montaperti was a short-lived victory.
		Manfredi was killed during the battle, and to this day the location of his tomb is still a mystery.
	mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr /link/med/italy/politics/06964.htm (1669 words)

	Montaperti Hotel - The latest Hotel in Chianti countryside and the first of the Palio city, Siena. At only 6 km far ...
		Montaperti Hotel - The latest Hotel in Chianti countryside and the first of the Palio city, Siena.
		Two steps away from the place of the historical battle of Montaperti, like a terrace on the city of Siena, the hill of the Montaperti Hotel offers on East the sunset on the Palio city and on West the dawn on the ôCreteö of Siena, in one of the most beautiful panoramic contest of Italy.
		By confirming this reservation, you are accepting the hotel cancellation/amendment policy and authorising the hotel to charge a cancellation/amendment fee on the credit card guaranteeing this reservation in the event of non-arrival and/or late cancellation/amendment.
	www.online-hotel-bookings.net /hotelpages/italy/83749_montaperti_hotel.htm (175 words)

	Guelphs and Ghibellines Information
		The Welfs were said to have used the name as a rallying cry during the Battle of Weinsberg in 1140, in which the rival Hohenstaufens of Swabia (led at the time by Conrad III) used Waiblingen, the name of a castle, as their cry.
		The Lombard League defeated Frederick at the Battle of Legnano in 1176.
		The Sieneses Ghibellines inflicted a noteworthy defeat to Florentine Guelphs at the battle of Montaperti (1260).
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Guelphs_and_Ghibellines (1001 words)

	TERRE DI ARNOLFO: everything about Colle di Val d'Elsa, the Home of Lead-Glass Crystal
		On 15 June 1269, the General Council of Florence, which held an urgent meeting at the news that Ghibelline forces were approaching Colle, ordered the men-in-arms of three city districts to stand ready "at lighted candle", in other words at dawn, ready to come to the aid of their ally, Colle.
		The entire Sienese camp was destroyed, and their banners and those of the Germans were dragged in the dust, while Provenzano Salvani himself was caught and killed by a Sienese exile, Regolino Tolomei, and his head was cut off, stuck on a pike, and displayed atop the walls of Colle.
		Thus ended the dominion of the Ghibellines, a dominion won after the battle of Montaperti, and the final dominion of the Guelfs of Florence began.
	www.terrediarnolfo.it /territorio/1269_en.html (617 words)

	Battle of Montaperti - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		The two armies met at the hill of Montaperti, outside Siena, on the morning of September 4th.
		The battle raged all day, but despite their superior numbers, the Florentines were unable to make headway into the determined Sienese.
		The Battle of Montaperti and The Divine Comedy
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Battle_of_Montaperti (589 words)

	Montalcino (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1212 it was taken by the Sienese, but soon afterwards the inhabitants declared themselves in favour of Florence.
		In 1260, after the battle of Montaperti, it once more fell into the hands of the Sienese, who made it a stronghold.
		Montalcino belonged originally to the Diocese of Arezzo; in the eleventh century the abbots of San Antonio had quasi-episcopal jurisdiction over it; in 1462 it was made a diocese and united with the See of Pienza, which, however, became in 1563 a separate diocese.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/montalcino.html (176 words)

	The Battle at Montaperti
		The Battle at Montaperti: Illumination in a codex by Gianni di Ventura (Biblioteca Cummunale, Siena)
		The two armies clashed at the hill of Montaperti, outside Sienna, on the morning of September 4th, 1260.
		The full story of the bloody background to this terrible battle is told by Giovanni Villani, a Florentine merchant and historian who was born in 1277, some 17 years after the battle of Montaperti.
	www.brighton73.freeserve.co.uk /tomsplace/interests/medieval/montaperti.htm (882 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Historical Conflicts \| Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"
		Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"
		At the Battle of Cassano d'Adda, fought on September 19, 1259, Ezzelino was wounded, defeated and arrested.
		Near Montaperti (the "hill of death"), a handful of houses within sight of Siena, civilians prayed in churches for victory.
	www.historynet.com /historical_conflicts/3037546.html (1180 words)

	Venturi's Battle of Montaperti
		The battle of Montaperti was an episode in the perpetual struggle between Tuscan Guelf and Ghibelline factions that had kept the region in turmoil since 1215.
		The size of that Guelf army has been estimated at 70,000, of which 16,000 were Florentines; not since Roman times had a military force of that magnitude been seen in central Italy.
		Some 10,000 died in the battle, and 20,000 more were taken prisoner and led back to Siena, where many died in Prison.
	www.music.iastate.edu /antiqua/tower/tower2.htm (304 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Military History \| Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"
		Battle of Montaperti: 13th Century Violence on the Italian "Hill of Death"
		At the Battle of Cassano d'Adda, fought on September 19, 1259, Ezzelino was wounded, defeated and arrested.
		Near Montaperti (the "hill of death"), a handful of houses within sight of Siena, civilians prayed in churches for victory.
	historynet.com /mh/bl-montaperti (1189 words)

	Asciano - Montaperti Hotel - Hotel - Italia Lodging
		lose to the site of the historic battle, the "Montaperti Hotel" is built on a hill overlooking the city of Siena.
		Looking westwards one can witness the beauty of the sunset on the city of the Palio, and dawn appearing eastwards on the Crete, in one of the most beautiful panoramas to be found in Italy.
		uests at "Montaperti Hotel" have the chance to use the fully equipped swimming pool with a solarium overlooking the Crete and the panoramic fitness centre with sauna, Turkish bath and relax lounge.
	www.italialodging.com /est/montapertihotel (209 words)

	Siena
		Economic rivalry and territorial conflict with neighbouring Florence, which was anti-imperial, or Guelf, made Siena the centre of pro-imperial Ghibellinism in Tuscany.
		The Sienese reached the peak of political success on Sept. 4, 1260, when their army crushed the Florentines at the Battle of Montaperti.
		Siena produced some of the greatest Italian painters of the 13th and 14th centuries; many masterpieces by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Sassetta are found in Siena's art gallery (in the Buonsignori Palace) as well as in the Public Palace and the Museum of Works of the Duomo.
	www.angelfire.com /journal2/italy/sienamap.html (892 words)

	The Battle of Montaperti
		La battaglia di Montaperti, combattuta nel 1260 a pochi chilometri da Castelnuovo Berardenga, è la pagina più gloriosa della storia medievale di Siena.
		La battaglia di Montaperti non fu l'epilogo finale, ma segnò l'ultima grande affermazione dei ghibellini prima del loro definitivo tramonto.
		Fu così che il 4 settembre del 1260, i senesi intrappolarono i loro nemici a Montaperti, chiudendo loro la fuga della via Francigena e costringendoli alla battaglia.
	www.toscanaviva.com /Castelnuovo_Berardenga/battle_of_montaperti.htm (498 words)

	Montaperti Hotel Siena - Siena - CheckInToday.WS (Site not responding. Last check: )
		To two steps from the place of the historical battle of Montaperti, as a terrace on the city of Siena, the hill of the Montaperti Hotel offers on East the sunset on the Palio city and on West the dawn on the ?Crete?
		Rediscover the enjoyment of the Tuscany, appear on the history and get lost in the pleasures of the most refined gastronomy thanks to one of our stay solutions.
		Important - If you plan to arrive more than 6 hours prior to this check-in time, you will need to book the night prior to the date of arrival as the hotel is not able to organise check-in at such an early hour.
	www.checkintoday.ws /hotel-info.21490.htm (467 words)

	Dante Alighieri : Dante
		Dante pretended that his family descended from the ancient Romans (Inferno, XV, 76), but the earliest relative he can mention by name is Cacciaguida[?] degli Elisei (Paradiso, XV, 135), of no earlier than about 1100.
		His father, Alighiero di Bellincione, was a White Guelf, but suffered no reprisals after the Ghibellines won the Battle of Montaperti[?], and this safety reveals a certain personal or family prestige.
		Dante also found the time to be a soldier, and in 1289 fought in the battle of Campaldino[?] (June 11th), with Florentine knights against Arezzo, then in 1294 he was among those knights who escorted Carlo Martello[?] (son of Charles II d'Anjou and the hero of Poitiers) while in Florence.
	www.fastload.org /da/Dante.html (1928 words)

	creating miniature knights
		Full color pages of Heraldry displayed in the battles of Crecy and Poitiers help make this book an essential addition to a true collector's library.
		She writes, "As I read Creating Miniature Knights, and marveled at the illustrations, I realized that once again, I was in the presence of genius".
		The book depicts the battle of Montaperti, the bloodiest battle in Medieval Italian history.
	www.remsonco.com /creating_miniature_knights.htm (285 words)

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		Close to the site of the historic battle, the Montaperti Hotel is built on a hill overlooking the city of Siena.
		Looking to the East one can witness the beauty of the sun setting over the city of the Palio, and to the West dawn appearing over the Crete, in one of the most beautiful panoramas to be found in Italy.
		Bypass all the exits to Siena (the last one is Siena Sud) and continue towards Arezzo-Roma.
	www.laterooms.com /en/hotel-directions/88062_montaperti-hotel-siena.aspx (467 words)

	Dante Background
		Florence was a city-state or commune with a Republican form of government for most of the second half of the thirteenth century until the fifteenth century.
		Between the two republics were six years of anti-republican government, beginning with the Ghibelline defeat of the Florentine Guelfs in 1260 in the battle of Montaperti (see Inf.
		X, 85-93), and ending with the defeat of the Ghibelline forces under Manfred, illegitimate son of the Emperor Frederick II, at the battle of Benevento in 1266, after which the Ghibellines were banished from Florence.
	www.auburn.edu /~goldsrj/2207F03/dante_background.html (775 words)

	Battle of Montaperti at AllExperts
		The Battle of Montaperti and The Divine Comedy
		The two armies met at the hill of Montaperti, outside Siena, on the morning of September 4.
		The battle raged all day, but despite their superior numbers, the Florentines were unable to make headway into the determined Sienese.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_montaperti.htm (701 words)

	Siena Hotel - Montaperti Hotel - Val d'orcia
		Siena Hotel - Montaperti Hotel - Val d'orcia
		Il Montaperti Hotel Siena offre a tutti i suoi ospiti un vero e proprio wellness corner, uno spazio unico dove ritemprare corpo e anima.
		Dopo una lunga giornata di lavoro o una piacevole gita nel centro di Siena, sarà per voi un piacere concedervi meritati momenti di relax nel nostro centro benessere dell' hotel val d'orcia con vista sulle meravigliose crete senesi.
	www.montapertihotel.com /contatti.html (80 words)

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