Category: Personaggio

Born on September 12, 1310, at the Castle of Montegufoni, he decided to build the Certosa of Florence at the age of about thirty. It was conceived as a place of rest and retreat, a monument to his glory.

Parish priest of the Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Castiglione, Don Giulio Gradassi (San Gimignano 1915 – Ginestra Fiorentina 1990) was one of the first Italians to be awarded the high honor of “Righteous Among the Nations” by the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem. He received this distinction for sheltering a family of Polish Jewish refugees during the period of racial persecution (1943-44), namely Dr. Rubin Pick, his sister Sonia, and their mother Henia, thereby saving them from deportation.

Ferdinando Guicciardini played a role of great importance for the entire community of Montespertoli, covering the role of Councilor and Assessor for many years (1873-1906)

Born in Montespertoli in 1872, he studied singing in Florence and became an influential opera tenor with a solid voice, high note range and incisive phrasing. He took part in numerous opera productions.

Baron Sidney Sonnino is considered one of the leading figures in Italian history at the turn of 1800 and early 1900. He would dwell in the castle for long periods of time.

Cino Cinelli, the seventh of ten children, was born on 9 February 1916 in a country house in Montespertoli. Cino and his two older brothers Arrigo and Giotto usually cycle several kilometers every day to go to school and their competitive nature transforms what should have been a routine shift into a daily cycling race.

Don Lorenzo Milani (Florence 1923-1967) is closely linked to the history of the Italian school system but also to the Municipality of Montespertoli. In fact, he spent much of his life, before and after his conversion, in the territory of this Chianti town.