Historical knowledge:
Ancient Etruscan origins, Tiferno became Tifernum Tiberis after the roman conquest. Destroyed by the Goths from Totila, it was rebuild and fortified, first with the name Castrum Felicitatis and then Civitas Castelli.
Constituted in a free commune of Guelfic tendency in the XIIth century enjoys a short and difficult autonomy, subjugated at different times, to the roman pontifices, the emperor, to Perugia and Florence, forced to support wars and alliances which often ended to their damage. In the first half of the XIVth century, there had been violent and sanguinary fights between the Guelfic and Ghibelline fractions. Besieged and conquered, it was again troubled by bloody inside fights between several families. In the XIVth and XVth century, Città di Castello was embellished with various solemn buildings and lived an intense artisticial season with the presence of famous siennese painters, having then a prodigious development.Returns definitively to the States of the Church. In 1538 typographical art had been introduced, flouring. Reaching great fame. Passed to the Italian Kingdom in 1860, Città di Castello suffered mostly influence of the neighbouring Toscana.

Places to visit:

• The Municipal Art Gallery
• The Albizzini’s Palace and Burri’s Collection
• The ex Tobacco Drying Houses
• The Cappelletti Villa
• The Capitolo Museum
• The San Francesco, Santa Maria Maggiore and the Madonna delle Grazie Churches
• The Vitelli Palaces in San Giacomo and Porta Sant’Egidio
• The Priority and Mayor Palaces
• The Popular tradition museum in the Caravelle locality
• The Cathedral Museum with Treasure of Canoscio
• The S. Domenico Church (1424) 

Folklore:
March: Canoe on the Tiber river
April: Furnishing exhibition – Truffle exhibition
August: September: Festival of Chamber Music
September 2nd Sunday: National Horse exhibition
October: Agritab
13th November: The San Florida Fair.