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Language of the text: Italiano
Nobility: Signori - Nobili - Baroni
Nobles in:Italia (Umbria)
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La famille Montecchio, d'une ancienne et illustre noblesse, trouve ses premières attestations dans la ville d'Assise, où elle tire son origine et son nom du château homonyme situé sur la montagne qui domine la ville séraphique. Seigneurs de cette forteresse, les Montecchios en ont fait le pivot de leur puissance économique et militaire, ainsi que le symbole de leur influence sur la vie politique et sociale de l'Ombrie médiévale. Les chroniques rappellent comment, dès 1321, les frères Bernardo et Tommaso Montecchio se distinguaient parmi les personnalités les plus éminentes de l'époque en termes de valeur et de richesse. Confirmant l'ancienneté et le prestige de la famille, Giovan Battista di Crollalanza décrit ses nobles prérogatives dans son monumental « Dictionnaire historico-blasonique des familles nobles et notables italiennes disparues et florissantes » (Pise, 1886). Plus tôt encore, au XVIIe siècle, Eugenio Gamurrini, noble d'Arezzo, moine bénédictin de Cassino, théologien et membre de la famille du grand-duc Cosme III de Médicis, avait consacré une grande place aux Montecchios dans son « Histoire généalogique des familles nobles toscanes et ombriennes ». La famille n'est pas restée confinée au ...
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When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
BlazonMontecchio
1. Crest of family: Montecchio
Language of the text: Italiano
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