the History of Montelupo

It is towards the end of the thirteenth century that Florence starts to organize its own rural area, in a network, gradually turning it into the first stages of a unified township.

Montelupo receives a magistrate, sent by the city, for the administration of justice and to carry out locally the complex functions of a governing official.

The magistrate’s office of Montelupo, which is eventually given legal recognition in 1416, with successive modifications and adjustments, extended its influence also to the other side of the Arno, even including Capraia.

One of the files on the Official Records of the Civil Proceedings remained with the Local Historical Archive of Montelupo Fiorentino. »»