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Giovan Luigi "Chiappino" Vitelli (1519 – July 1575)〔(Who's who ) from medici.org〕〔(Biography ) from Note biografiche di Capitani di Guerra e di Condottieri di Ventura operanti in Italia nel 1330 - 1550〕 was an Italian marquis and military leader, son of Niccolò Vitelli.〔(Gli artisti di Palazzo Vitelli a Sant' Egidio )〕 Vitelli served as captain under Cosimo I de' Medici in his wars to gain Florence, Siena and Montalcino, and was appointed governor of Piombino (1543). He was also a general in the Spanish Army of Flanders, as well as Tuscan ambassador in the England of Elizabeth I. He was marquis of Cetona, that he acquired from Cosimo I de' Medici (1556). Here, he restored the fortress and built the ''Piazza Vitelli'' town square (1559),〔(Feste Giostre e Tornei )〕 today the ''Piazza Garibaldi'', as well as the Palazzo Vitelli which can be seen today, holding a significant art collection.〔(History of Cetona )〕 He used acquisitions from other places, such as a belltower from Montepescali, a town he had surrounded near Grosseto (1555).〔(Montepescali, history and tales )〕 His military inventions include a siege technique, first tried at the town of Mons in, for the Spanish Duke of Alba (1572).〔(Military science in the sixteenth century )〕 He died in the Netherlands in 1575. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chiappino Vitelli」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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