Serchio

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Serchio
Serchium, Serclum, Auserclum, Auser
The Serchio and the Ponte della Maddalena bridge at Borgo a Mozzano

The Serchio and the Ponte della Maddalena bridge at Borgo a Mozzano

Data
location Tuscany , Italy
River system Serchio
River basin district Pilota del Serchio District
source On Monte Sillano
Source height 1500  m slm
muzzle north of Pisa , near the park of San Rossore, in the Ligurian Sea Coordinates: 43 ° 46 ′ 49 ″  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 9 ″  E, 43 ° 46 ′ 49 ″  N , 10 ° 16 ′ 9 ″  E
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference 1500 m
Bottom slope 14 ‰
length 106 km
Left tributaries Corfino , Sillico, Lima , Rio di Brancoli, Fraga
Right tributaries Edron , Turrite Secca , Turrite di Gallicano, Turrite Cava , Pedagna, Rio di Valdottavo, Rivangajo, Materna

The Serchio is the third longest river in Tuscany after the Arno (241 km) and the Ombrone (157 km) with its 106 km .

course

On the Serchio are the municipalities of Piazza al Serchio (6 km in the municipality), San Romano in Garfagnana (5 km), Camporgiano (6 km), Pieve Fosciana (5 km), Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (9 km), Fosciandora (3 km) , Molazzana (1 km), Gallicano (9 km), Barga (5 km), Coreglia Antelminelli (5 km), Bagni di Lucca (1 km), Borgo a Mozzano (14 km), Capannori (2 km), Lucca ( 23 km) (all province of Lucca ), San Giuliano Terme (23 km) and Vecchiano (24 km) ( province of Pisa ).

The main arm Serchio di Sillano rises on the slopes of Monte Sillano ( 1864  m slm ) near Sillano (municipality Sillano Giuncugnano ), where the Serchio di Soraggio flows south of the village , and joins side arms at Piazza al Serchio ( Serchio di Gramolazzo with the Torrente Acqua Bianco , coming from Lake Gramolazzo , and Serchio di San Michele , also called Serchio di Minucciano ). The Serchio crosses the Garfagnana mountains from north to south and is artificially dammed in several places. After Camporgiano the Edron flows from the right , coming from the Lago di Vagli . At Pontecosi (district of Pieve Fosciana, 321 m) the Serchio flows through the lake Lago di Pontecosi and receives the waters of the Corfino here before it reaches Castelnuovo di Garfagnana at 270 m. The Ponte di Campia (Italian: Ponte , dt. Bridge) in the local area of ​​Gallicano he reaches at 200 m. The largest tributary of the Serchio, the Lima , enters from the left in the western area of ​​Bagni di Lucca, shortly afterwards it flows under the Ponte della Maddalena, also known as the Devil's Bridge, in Borgo a Mozzano (97 m).

After reaching the plain near Lucca, he first crosses the Ponte a Moriano , which dates from the 9th century and was reconstructed in 1382, 1490, 1581 and 1839 after flood damage. Then the Serchio flows westwards and passes the Ponte San Quirico and Ponte San Pietro as well as the A11 autostrada in the municipality of Lucca. The river flows into the Ligurian Sea a little north of Pisa, at the municipal boundary of Vecchiano and San Giuliano Terme, whose district Pontasserchio it passes at 6 m, in the area of ​​the San Rossore nature reserve .

history

The river took a different course in ancient times. After Ponte a Moriano near the Località Marlia it is divided into two frames and flowed around the island of Lucca to the north (as it is today) and south, with the northern arm carrying more water than the southern one. The river then reunited in front of the Ponte San Pietro. It then served the Arno, first at Calcinaia , and later in Pisa, as a right tributary. After that it changed its course and found its way into the Tyrrhenian Sea without the Arno. The two arms north and south of Lucca were the cause of several floods that threatened the fields and the city itself. Legend has it that Frediano of Lucca the Auser (then name) ordered to look for another river bed and save the city from flooding, in reality the diversion of the river at the time of San Frediano is due to a hydraulic intervention.

photos

  • The Serchio and the Ponte a Moriano bridge northeast of Lucca

  • The Serchio and the Ponte San Quirico bridge north of Lucca

  • The Serchio and the Ponte San Pietro bridge west of Lucca

literature

  • Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi. , Bonechi, Florence 1993, ISBN 88-7009-941-5 , pp. 111-124.
  • Emanuele Repetti: SERCHIO fiume (Serclum, Auserclum). In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian, p. 2 ff.)

Web links

Commons : Serchio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Repetti
  2. ↑ a b SIRA
  3. ↑ a b c Giorgio Battini
  4. ↑ a b c d Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Lucca, accessed on July 12, 2013 (ital.)
  5. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Pisa, accessed on July 12, 2013 (Italian)
  6. ↑ a b C. Baracchini: LUCCA (lat.Luca). in: Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale (1997), online version at Treccani (ital.)