Castel Focognano is a town in the Casentino located 28 km from Arezzo, and about 12 km from Bibbiena, the municipality has retained the name of the old village, which until 1778 had been the medieval village of Castel Focognano, set on a hill 457 meters high, but in that year the mayor's seat was moved to the village of Rassina, this center has become largest and best-positioned along the valley. The municipality as a whole has about 3 200 inhabitants. 

The area was inhabited since Etruscan times, in fact many are the remains found in this territory. Later, around 1000 there was erected a fortified castle with double walls, hence the origin of the name, originally owned by the family Giannellini. In 1322, after a fierce siege by Arezzo troops, the territory of Castel Focognano came under the dominion of Bishop Guido Tarlati. In 1404 it became territory of Florence and important Podesta under the jurisdiction of the Grand Dukes de' Medici and later of Lorraine, who in 1778 moved the seat of the municipality to Rassina. 

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