Mensano

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Mensano
MensanoCasoleDElsaPanorama1.jpg
Panorama of Mensano
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
local community Casole d'Elsa
Coordinates 43 ° 18 '  N , 11 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 18 '4 "  N , 11 ° 3' 15"  E
height 499  m slm
Residents 185 (2017)
Telephone code 0577 CAP 53031

Mensano is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Casole d'Elsa in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 4 kilometers south of the capital Casole d'Elsa and about 23 kilometers west of the provincial capital Siena on a hill between the valleys of the Cecina (west) and the Elsa (east). It is 499 meters and had about 120 inhabitants in 2001. In 2017 there were 185 inhabitants. The closest places are Monteguidi (also a district of Casole d'Elsa, approx. 4 km west) and the municipality of Radicondoli (main town, approx. 5 km south).

history

Mensano was first mentioned in 972 in a document of the Winizzone del fu Ugo. At first the place was a feudal system of the bishops of Volterra , then it was under the government of Volterra, against the will of the bishop of Volterra, Ildebrando Pannocchieschi (1185-1211). On October 15, 1227, the people of Mensano submitted to the government of Siena. For a short time the place was under the government of Florence in 1260 , but Siena ruled Mensano again in 1266. The Cassero fortification dates from this time , of which only a few remains remain today. The fortification withstood an attack by Henry VII in 1312 , but was damaged by the troops of Alberico da Barbiano in 1397 . In the conflict between Siena and Florence, the place surrendered to the Medici troops on November 25, 1554 and thus became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany . Until 1592 the place belonged to the diocese of Volterra and was then divided by Clement VII into the new diocese of Colle di Val d'Elsa (today the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino ).

Attractions

Side view of the Church of San Giovanni Battista
The Church of San Biagio
  • San Giovanni Battista , Pieve in the center, which was built in the 12th century.
  • San Biagio a Mensano , small church that was part of the castle.

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: MENSANO, o MENZANO (Mentianum) fra l'Elsa e la Cecina. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
  • M. Cioni: La Valdelsa. Guida storico-artistica. F. Lumachi Editore, Florence 1911, p. 32 f. ( Online version at archive.org )

Web links

Commons : Mensano (Casole d'Elsa)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: MENSANO, o MENZANO (Mentianum) fra l'Elsa e la Cecina.
  2. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on November 26, 2016 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Italia in dettaglio zu Mensano , accessed on February 1, 2018 (Italian)
  4. ↑ a b c Website of the municipality: Un Mensanese racconta Mensano.
  5. ^ Website of the municipality for the districts
  6. ↑ a b M. Cioni: La Valdelsa. Guida storico-artistica.
  7. ↑ Volterracity to the Pieve di Mensano , accessed on November 28, 2016 (Italian)
  8. ^ Il Tirreno to San Giovanni Battista a Mensano, accessed on November 27, 2016 (Italian), with ill.