Historical capital of Montefeltro,
San Leo is situated in the valley of Marecchia. Apart from the
medieval centre, the fortress and the parish church, San Leo
is famous like the place where he came imprisoned and then he
died the mysterious alchemist Count Cagliostro.
The facts and legends surrounding the life of this extraordinary
alchemist, doctor, magician and freemason are hard to separate.
It ended with his sentence to death by the Holy Inquisition
for heresy. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment which
he served here at San Leo. But this was to bring him little
comfort. He died a long agonising death, imprisoned first in
the castle's so-called Treasury Room and then confined in the
'pozzetto', where he died after four long years, refusing to
take the sacrament.
