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Historic football: played the game Siege

The 17 February 1530 Piazza Santa Croce in Florence was the scene of one of the most important challenges of the Florentine Republic Emperor Charles V, when the population besieged for many months by the imperial troops, tried his hand at a football match, giving the impression of not considering the Empire army worthy of attention. Il Comune di […]