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The town's Etruscan name was Tiferno, and the Romans knew it as Tifernum Tiberis. It was largely destroyed during the Ostrogoth campaign under their king Totila. The town was subsequently rebuilt and renamed first Castrum Felicitatis and later Civitas Castelli. It was controlled first by the church, and later by the Guelphs and Ghibellines. Later it became the domain of the Vitelli family (for whom Antonio Sangallo built an extensive palace), before Cesare Borgia had the patrianch of the Vitellis strangled and Cittą di Castello added to the papal possessions.
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