Chiappino Vitelli
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Giovan Luigi "Chiappino" Vitelli (1519 - July of 1575 in Olanda)[1][2] was an Italian marquis and famous military leader, son of Niccolò Vitelli.[3]
Vitelli served as captain under Cosimo I de' Medici in his wars to gain Firenze, Siena and Montalcino, and was appointed governor of Piombino (1543). He was also a general in the Spanish Army of Flanders, as well as Florentine ambassador in the England of Elizabeth I. He was marquis of Cetona, that he acquired from Cosimo I de' Medici (1556).
Here, he restored the fortress and built the Piazza Vitelli town square (1559),[4] today the Piazza Garibaldi, as well as the Palazzo Vitelli which can be seen today, holding a significant art collection.[5] He used acquisitions from other places, such as a belltower from Montepescali, a town he had surrounded near Grosseto (1555).[6] His military inventions include a siege technique, first tried at the town of Mons in, for the spanish Duke of Alba (1572).[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Who's who from medici.org
- ^ Biography from Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 - 1550
- ^ Gli artisti di Palazzo Vitelli a Sant' Egidio
- ^ Feste Giostre e Tornei
- ^ History of Cetona
- ^ Montepescali, history and tales
- ^ Military science in the sixteenth century
