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Beautiful view of the Valmarecchia

The fort of San Leo thus took on an emblematic meaning, so much so that Bembo defined them as "a very strong fort and admirable tool of war", an admirable meeting point between nature and art.

In the 13th century it was a possession of the Malatesta family, under whom the town managed to prosper until the abolition of feudalism at the dawn of the 19th century. After the brief Napoleonic period, the municipality passed to the Church in 1816, followed by the Risorgimento uprisings, the passage of Giuseppe Garibaldi and the annexation to the Kingdom of Italy. (Source: https://www.ilturista.info/guide.php?cat1=4&cat2=8&cat3=6&cat4=157&lan=ita)

The etymology of the name Roncofreddo is uncertain, as are the origins of the town. The first documented information dates back to the documents of the Bavarian Code (an ancient administrative register of the Church of Ravenna dating back to the 7th-10th centuries, currently kept in Munich) where in n.70 mention is made of the concession by an archbishop of Ravenna to Tybalt , son of Leone del Duca Orso, of an estate called Fundum Roncofrigido. (Source: http://www.comune.roncofreddo.fc.it/c040037/zf/index.php/servizi-aggiuntivi/index/index/idtesto/20041 )

The Rocca di San Leo is a fortress located on the municipality of the same name in the province of Rimini, Emilia Romagna, Italy. The fortress is built on the top of the rocky peak that overlooks the Leonine town and dominates the Valmarecchia. It was built in 1441 by Francesco di Giorgio Martini to keep up with the new military techniques of the time. The fortress was used as a prison and hosted historical figures such as Felice Orsini and Cagliostro.

The Fortress of San Leo is linked above all to the life of the famous magician and alchemist Giuseppe Balsamo, Count of Cagliostro, mysterious and enigmatic "guest" of its prisons, who after having lived in the most important courts of Europe, from London to St. Petersburg, where it was possible for him to form friendships with prominent personalities such as Schiller and Goethe, he ended his existence in the impregnable Fortress of San Leo, pardoned by Pope Pius VI, after being condemned to death in a harsh trial in 1790 for heresy and activity seditious.

In the hinterland of Rimini, the fortress of Montebello di Torriana elegantly dominates the Marecchia and Uso valley, from a height of 436 metres: the fascinating journey through history, art and nature is made even more mysterious and magical due to the legendary presence of Azzurrina, or Guendalina, with completely white hair. The little girl was albino and for this reason, due to her appearance, she was kept hidden inside the castle to protect her from accusations of witchcraft.

and exact origins are not documented, it can be hypothesized that around the year 1000 the locality was a possession of the Ravenna church. For years disputed between the Church and the municipality of Rimini, a first fortified tower was probably built in the 13th century. The first real fortress, built by the municipality of Rimini, dates back only to the 14th century. Possession of the Malatesta family until 1335, it was conquered by Francesco degli Ordelaffi, lord of Forlì and subsequently ceded to the Montefeltro family, to then return under the control of the Holy See and subsequently in 1433 again of the Malatesta family. In 1485 it returned to the control of the archbishop of Ravenna and was enfeoffed to the Roverella family of Cesena who held it until 1745. Important expansions and the transformation from a castle to a summer residence date back to this period, and at the same time the construction of homes on the ancient wall circuit was encouraged, demolishing the previous ones closest to the palace and creating the hanging garden in their place. The Roverellas were succeeded in 1745 by the Guiccioli, a family that held the castle until 1960, the year in which it was sold to the current owners, the Volpe counts.