Arbia

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Arbia
The Arbia river with the Ponte d'Arbia bridge in Ponte d'Arbia (district of Monteroni d'Arbia)

The Arbia river with the Ponte d'Arbia bridge in Ponte d'Arbia (district of Monteroni d'Arbia)

Data
location Province of Siena , Tuscany , Italy
River system Ombrone
Drain over Ombrone  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district Appennino Settentrionale
source between Castellina in Chianti and Radda in Chianti
Source height 620  m slm
muzzle at Buonconvento in the Ombrone coordinates: 43 ° 8 ′ 17 ″  N , 11 ° 28 ′ 30 ″  E 43 ° 8 ′ 17 ″  N , 11 ° 28 ′ 30 ″  E

length approx. 57 km
Left tributaries Mascellone, Malena and Biena
Right tributaries Bozzone , Sorra , Stile, Tregoli, Tressa and Riluogo
Medium-sized cities Siena
Small towns Buonconvento , Castellina in Chianti , Castelnuovo Berardenga , Monteroni d'Arbia

The Arbia is a river with about 57 km in length in the region Tuscany in Italy , which in Buonconvento in the Ombrone flows.

course

The river has its source in Chianti at Poggio Cavallari between the municipalities of Castellina in Chianti and Radda in Chianti , Province of Siena , approx. 15 km northwest of Siena .

After the spring municipalities of Castellina in Chianti and Radda in Chianti, briefly also touching Gaiole in Chianti , it flows south to the municipality of Castelnuovo Berardenga, where it remains 12 km and passes the district of Pianella at 226 meters above sea level, then it crosses the western districts of Siena (in total 9 km), flows under the highway Raccordo Siena - Bettolle (SS 73 as part of the European route 78 ) and acts as a border river between Taverne d'Arbia (Siena) and Arbia (district of Asciano ) at 185  m slm . It goes under the railway line Siena – Chiusi / Chianciano Terme and shortly after Taverne flows from the right towards the Bozzone . From Isola d'Arbia (Siena, 176  m slm ) it runs parallel to the Via Francigena (here coinciding with the Via Cassia as the SS 2 state road), and flowing further south, it reaches Monteroni d'Arbia , the area of ​​which it covers a total of 13 km runs through it. Here he first meets the district of Ponte a Tressa ( 172  m slm ), where the Tressa enters from the right. Then it reaches the main town of Monteroni and continues to flow to Ponte d'Arbia (district of Monteroni, 151  m slm ), where the Sorra joins from the right . It then flows under the Siena – Grosseto railway north of Buonconvento (8 km, 147  m slm ), where it joins the Ombrone as a right tributary a few meters west of the town center .

The river is named for the municipality of Monteroni d'Arbia , its districts Lucignano d'Arbia and Ponte d'Arbia , for the district of Arbia of the municipality of Asciano and for three districts of Siena ( Isola d'Arbia , Taverne d'Arbia and Vico d 'Arbia ).

The arbia in literature

The Arbia was mentioned by Dante Alighieri in the inferno of his Divine Comedy (Hell, Canto 10, 85-87).

  • Lo strazio e 'l grande scempio, che fece l'Arbia colorata in rosso, valley orazion fa far nel nostro tempio
  • German in the translation by Carl Streckfuß : I said: It is the great murder, the blood, The red-colored Arbia clear waves, That charged your family with such a curse (The blood-red Arbia refers to the battle of Montaperti near today's Municipality of Castelnuovo Berardegna 1260)

photos

  • The Arbia between Vico d'Arbia (Siena) and Montaperti (Castelnuovo Berardenga)

  • The Arbia between Isola d'Arbia (Siena) and Salteano (Asciano)

  • The tributary of the Sorra into the Arbia at Ponte d'Arbia

  • The mouth of the Arbia in the Ombrone near Buonconvento

literature

  • Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi. , Bonechi, Florenz 1993, ISBN 88-7009-941-5 , p. 230 ff.
  • Emanuele Repetti: ARBIA. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)

Web links

Commons : Arbia River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e SIRA
  2. ↑ a b lamiaterradisiena.it/Pesca/fiumi.htm#Arbia: I fiumi della provincia di Siena, la fauna ittica e la pesca, no longer available ( wayback.archive of July 30, 2013, accessed on April 25, 2017 ( Memento from July 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ))
  3. ↑ Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Siena, accessed on February 27, 2013 (ital.)
  5. ↑ Wikisource, accessed on February 14, 2010: Divine Comedy (Streckfuß 1876) / Inferno