The Battle of Marciano occurred in the countryside of Marciano della Chiana, near Arezzo, Tuscany, on August 2, 1554, during the Italian War of 1551. The battle pitted an army of the Duchy of Florence
The Battle of Scannagallo by Giorgio Vasari, in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence.
View of the Scannagallo battlefield from Santa Luce hill to Poggio delle Donne, after the battle name Santa Vittoria (the holy victory). The battlefield is still probably as 500 years ago surrounded by fields, olive trees and vineyards and with a small river in the place of the old one.
The Battle of Marciano in an early print.
Lucignano is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 70 kilometres southeast of Florence and about 25 kilometres southwest of Arezzo.
Lucignano from the castle
Piazza S. Francesco with the church of S. Francesco in the background.