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deposits, Volterra became a place of interest of the Republic of Florence, whose forces conquered Volterra. Florentine rule was not always popular, and opposition occasionally broke into rebellion. On 18 June 1472, during the so-called Allumiere War between Volterra and Florence in which, Federico da Montefeltro, allowed his soldiers to pillage Volterra and to commit rape and murder of its citizens, despite the town's surrender on 16 June after a 25-day

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