Capalbio

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Comune di Capalbio
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Province of Grosseto (GR)
Mayor	Lucia Biagi in Galli (since June 2004)

Elevation	217 m
Area	187.5 km²
Population
- Total (as of 31 December 2004^[1])	4,046
- Density	22/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	42°27′15″N, 11°25′21″E
Gentilic	Capalbiesi
Dialing code	0564
Postal code	58011
Frazioni	Capalbio Scalo, Borgo Carige, Torba, Pescia Fiorentina, Vallerana, Giardino, Selva Nera, Carige Alta, Torre Palazzi, Chiarone
Patron	St. Bernardino of Siena
- Day	May 20
Location of Capalbio in Italy
Website: www.comune.capalbio.gr.it/

Capalbio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 150 km south of Florence and about 45 km southeast of Grosseto.

View of the fortified city of Capalbio.

Capalbio borders the following municipalities: Manciano, Montalto di Castro, Orbetello.

1 History
2 Demographic evolution
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The name derives probably from the Latin Caput Album or Campus Albus (White Cape or Field, respectively), due to the white alabaster stone dug in the area.

Capalbio is known for the first time in 805 AD, when it was donated to the Abbey of the Tre Fontane, near Rome, by Charlemagne. The possession was confirmed in 1161 by Pope Alexander III. Later it was under the Aldobrandeschi family, who were followed by Orvieto, the Republic of Siena and the Orsini, who built the Castle.

Conquered by the Spaniards in 1555. it was assigned to Cosimo I de' Medici as part of his new Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The city subsequently decayed and the area depopulated due to the presence of malaria.

It became part of the Kingdom of Italy in 1860, becoming an independent comune in 1960. Capalbio is also the place where Buffalo Bill suffered his first defeat.