Chiappino Vitelli
Giovan Luigi "Chiappino" Vitelli was an Italian marquis and military leader, son of Niccolò Vitelli.
Vitelli served as captain under Cosimo I de' Medici in his wars to gain Florence, Siena and Montalcino, and was appointed governor of Piombino.
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.
Here, he restored the fortress and built the Piazza Vitelli town square, today the Piazza Garibaldi, as well as the Palazzo Vitelli which can be seen today, holding a significant art collection. He used acquisitions from other places, such as a belltower from Montepescali, a town he had surrounded near Grosseto. His military inventions include a siege technique, first tried at the town of Mons in, for the Spanish Duke of Alba.
He died in the Netherlands in 1575.
