Capolona is a small town andcomune inTuscany, centralItaly, on the right bank of the RiverArno. It is adjacent toArezzo, the capital of the province of thesame name.
The workforce in Capolona is made up of 1,892 workers, 39.40% of the residents of the Commune.
Industrial firms account for 57.77% of the employment work force in Capolona with 185 firms employing 1,093 persons. The next largest sector is theadministrative sector, providing 272 jobs (14.38% of the workforce) in 16 offices. The third largest employer is theservice industry. 104 firms employ 178 persons, employing 9.41% of the work force.
Capolona was originally known as Campus Leonis or Caput leonis. In 943, a deed of confirmation mentions Campus Leonis as being the property of a Bernardo, a noble ofArezzo. The name Campus Leonis was later corrupted to Capolona.
The core of Capolona grew around theAbbey of San Gennaro [it] in Campo Leonis. The Abbey was founded in 972 by the Marquis Ugo di Toscana and his wife Giuditta. It was placed under the protection of EmperorsOtto III, Carrado II and Arrigo III who gave the Abbey jurisdiction over several of the castles and courts in thediocese of Arezzo.
In 1241, the Arezzo military besieged Capolona and destroyed it. The Abbott was forced to surrender all the castles and lands under control of the Abbey. Their ownership was passed to the municipality. These were in turn passed to the dominion of the Tarlati di Pietramala, in 1384, after the Arezzo territories surrendered toFirenze, becoming part of the Fiorentino Republic.
In 1527, Capolona was devastated by the army of Carlo di Borbone, General of theEmperor Carlos V.
The Commune of Capolona was formed in 1845 when the hamlets ofLorenzano andBaciano were combined with several areas which had been part of the municipality ofTalla.
