 Towards the end of the 14th century AD, Montelupo Fiorentino (who never had the name of Malborghetto, a real romantic invention) became a "walled village" of the Florentine countryside.The walls were built in 1348 (the year of the Black Death), and the Statute of the Powers dates back to 1414.Until the 16th century AD, Montelupo Fiorentino lived his golden age.