Bagno a Ripoli

Bagno a Ripoli
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
Metropolitan city	Florence  (FI)
Coordinates	43 ° 45 '  N , 11 ° 19'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 45 '8 "  N , 11 ° 19' 25"  E
height	75  m slm
surface	74 km²
Residents	25,600 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	346 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	50012
prefix	055
ISTAT number	048001
Patron saint	San Pietro and San Paolo (June 29)
Website	Bagno a Ripoli
Bagno a Ripoli, the municipal administration (Palazzo Comunale)

Bagno a Ripoli ( pronunciation : [ 'baŋŋo a' rri: poli ]) is an Italian commune in the metropolitan city of Florence ( Tuscany region ) with 25,600 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality is considered a wealthy suburb of the city of Florence .

geography

Location of Bagno a Ripoli in the metropolitan city of Florence

Bagno a Ripoli is located about 7 km southeast of the provincial and regional capital Florence in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 1,854 GG. The community lies on a plain on the Arno with many palaces and villas. The southwestern districts are on the River Ema . Fiesole is on the opposite bank .

The districts include Antella, Candeli, Le Gualchiere, Grassina, Lappeggi, Ponte a Ema, Osteria Nuova, Rimaggio, San Donato in Collina, Terzano, Vallina and Villamagna.

The neighboring municipalities are Fiesole, Florence, Greve in Chianti , Impruneta , Pontassieve and Rignano sull'Arno .

history

Bagno a Ripoli is of Etruscan origin and developed in the 3rd century BC. To a trading place.

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Bagno a Ripoli . It was located in the Villa la Selva , a country house whose owner had emigrated to Palestine. After Italy's attack on Greece in the autumn of 1940, almost only Greeks were interned there, including Jews. Anglolibyans and Yugoslavs were added in 1942/43 .

Attractions

Santa Caterina at Antella

• There are remains of old thermal baths in the village and there are some castles in the vicinity.
• Villa Medici by Lappeggi
• Oratorio di Santa Caterina all'Antella (also called Oratorio di Santa Caterina delle Ruote ), oratory near the district of Antella. Contains three works by Spinello Aretino .
• At Easter, passion plays are performed in the Grassina district, the roots of which go back to the 17th century.

Sports

• Circolo del Golf dell'Ugolino , the oldest golf course in Tuscany and the seat of the oldest golf club in Italy.

Partner communities

The German twin city is Weiterstadt in Hessen .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Gino Bartali (1914–2000), born in the district of Ponte a Ema, racing cyclist
• Desirée Noferini (* 1987), actress and model
• Leonardo Fabbri (* 1997), athlete

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: RIPOLI (PIEVE DI S. PIETRO A) ossia, PIEVE DI S.PIETRO A QUARTO nel Val d'Arno fiorentino. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, ital.)

Web links

Commons : Bagno a Ripoli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli

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 December 9, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 182-184; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exile in Italy 1933-1945 (second volume), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), p. 75
4. ↑ RIEVOCAZIONE STORICA DELLA PASSIONE DI CRISTO - GRASSINA. In: www.rievstoricagrassina.it. Retrieved March 26, 2016 . 

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