 In the heart of the Middle Ages, the promontory became a possession of the Monastery of San Paolo in Rome.It represented in the so-called Carolingian Gate at the Monastery of St. Anastius outside Rome.Following the history of Orbetello, the promontory was a possession of the Aldobrandeschi, the Orsini, King Ladislaus of Naples and Siena, until Spain acquired it in the late 16th century.