Arcidosso

Arcidosso
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Grosseto  (GR)
Coordinates	42 ° 52 '  N , 11 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 52 '20 "  N , 11 ° 32' 15"  E
height	679  m slm
surface	93.39 km²
Residents	4,283 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	46 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	58031
prefix	0564
ISTAT number	053001
Popular name	Arcidossìni or / and Caperci
Patron saint	San Nicola (December 6th)
Website	Arcidosso municipality
Arcidosso panorama

Arcidosso is a place with 4283 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of the municipality of Arcidosso in the province of Grosseto

The place extends over around 93  km² . It is located about 35 km northeast of Grosseto , 100 km south of Florence and 70 km east of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the wine-growing region of Montecucco . The summit of Monte Amiata is approx. 12 km away. The place is part of the Comunità montana dell'Amiata grossetano and is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2 258 GG. The Torrente Ente rises near the center of the village , and the village is located on the rivers Albegna (2 km in the local area) and Zancona (12 of a total of 17 km in the local area).

The historic center is divided into thirds (Terzieri). The Terziere del Castello includes the area near the castle, the Terziere di Codaccio (also called Borgo Pianese ) that near the church of San Leonardo and the Terziere Sant'Andrea (also called Borgo Talassese ) that near the church of the same name.

The districts include Bagnoli (672 meters in altitude, approx. 360 inhabitants), Le Macchie (750 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Montelaterone , Salaiola (740 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), San Lorenzo (669 m, approx. 210 inhabitants ), Stribugliano (775 m, approx. 250 inhabitants) and Zancona (775 m, approx. 80 inhabitants). The main town itself has about 1,900 inhabitants.

The neighboring municipalities are Campagnatico , Castel del Piano , Cinigiano , Roccalbegna and Santa Fiora .

history

Aldobrandeschi Castle

The place was first mentioned in history in 860. The name probably comes from the Latin words arx (fortress, castle) and dossum (originally dorsum , back). In 1121 the place fell into the possession of the Aldobrandeschi , after the division of the family branches it then belonged to that of Santa Fiora from 1274 . After a long siege by Guidoriccio da Fogliano , Arcidosso was conquered by the Republic of Siena in 1331 . The city arms of Siena are still integrated into the arms of Arcidossos. After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 against the Republic of Florence , the place also fell to the Duchy of Tuscany . In addition to the official name Arcidossìni , the population is also called Caperci (from caparbi = stubborn heads).

Attractions

The Church of San Niccolò

The Church of Sant'Andrea

Monument to Monumento ai Caduti

• Chiesa di San Leonardo , already mentioned in 1144 and the oldest church in town, was enlarged at the beginning of the 17th century and renovated from 1934 to 1943. Contains the work Decollazione del Battista (written between December 1588 and August 1589) by Francesco Vanni .
• Chiesa di San Niccolò , church from the 12th century.
• Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo , church outside the Porta Talassese, enlarged in 1672 and restored by Leonardo Ximenes in 1782.
• Rocca aldobrandesca to 950 resulting castle of Aldobrandeschi in the center of Arcidosso.
• Mura di Arcidosso , built in the 13th century and still preserved city walls with city gates Porta del Castello and Porta di Mezzo (with the 1835 incurred clock tower Torre dell'Orologio ) from the first city wall and Porta Talassese from the Second. The fourth city gate Porta Codaccio no longer exists today.
• Santuario della Madonna delle Grazie , also known as Madonna dell'Incoronata , sanctuary outside the city walls. Contains the works Vergine in gloria tra i Santi Sebastiano e Rocco and Madonna della Neve (Miracolo della Neve) by Ventura Salimbeni .
• Convento dei Cappuccini , convent outside the city walls, built between 1590 and 1593. Contains by Francesco Vanni the work Madonna in trono con il Bambino ei Santi Bernardino da Siena, Francesco e Leonardo (written in 1593).
• Monumento ai caduti , war memorial, was created between 1923 and 1928 by Giulio Becchini and Renato Della Rocca and commemorates the 160 victims of the First World War who came from Arcidosso.
• Gompa di Merigar West , Buddhist temple near the district of Zancona.
• Monte Labbro , mountain at 1193 meters on the southern tip of the Amiata.
• Chiesa di San Clemente , church in the Montelaterone district , contains works by Giuseppe Nicola Nasini .
• Chiesa della Misericordia , also called Madonna delle Grazie , church in the district of Montelaterone from the second half of the 17th century. Contains wall paintings by Francesco Nasini ( Santi Sebastiano, Francesco e Rocco , Quattro Evangelisti and Cristo benedicente as well as a Pietà from 1659).
• Roccaccia , also called Castello or Cassero (senese), castle ruins in the Montelaterone district.
• Nature reserves Parco faunistico del Monte Amiata , Riserva naturale Monte Labbro and Riserva naturale Poggio all'Olmo .
• Pieve di Santa Maria a Lamula in the Montelaterone district, Pieve built in the 9th century .
• Pieve di Santa Mustiola in the Bagnoli district, Pieve mentioned in 1205.
• Chiesa di Sant'Anna , church in the district of Zancona.
• Chiesa di San Lorenzo , church from the 12th century in the district of San Lorenzo.
• Chiesa della Madonna a Salaiola , church in the Salaiola district.
• Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista a Stribugliano , church in the district of Stribugliano.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Davide Lazzaretti (1834–1878), preacher and mystic

literature

• Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 .
• Lucio Niccola / Fiora Bonelli: Paesi dell'Amiata , Cesare Moroni Edizioni, 2003, pp. 49-61.
• Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana Online edition of the University of Siena on the municipality of Arcidosso
• Felicia Rotundo / Bruno Santi: Arcidosso. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 .
• Bruno Santi: I luoghi della Fede. L'Amiata e la Val d'Orcia , Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46780-0 , pp. 153-161.
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , pp. 686 f.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Arcidosso (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on November 1, 2012 (Italian) (PDF file; 322 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Arcidosso , accessed on March 18, 2013 (Italian)
4. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on November 1, 2012 (Italian)
5. ↑ Centinario Prima Guerra Mondiale on the Monumento ai caduti in Arcidosso , Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, accessed on July 25, 2016 (Italian)