Baratti (Tuscany)

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Baratti is a district of Piombino in the province of Livorno , Tuscany region in Italy .

The Gulf of Baratti , on the right the town of Baratti , in the background San Vincenzo
The Cappella di San Cerbone

geography

The district is located approx. 8 km north of the main town Piombino on the bay ( golf ) Golfo di Baratti on the Tyrrhenian Sea in close proximity to Populonia and the Etruscan excavation sites. The Gulf of Baratti is the part of the Tyrrhenian Sea that lies between the headland (Promontorio) of Populonia ( Punta delle Tonnarelle , southern part) and the Poggio del Mulino hill near Poggio San Leonardo . In 2001 Baratti had 15 residents. It is 8 m above sea level . He lies inDiocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino . The place is in the north-western municipality of Piombino in close proximity to the municipal boundaries of Campiglia Marittima (district Venturina and Venturina Terme) and San Vincenzo (Torre Vecchia as the southernmost point of the municipality).

history

The port of Baratti was the only Etruscan port . The ancient port was located in the central part of the gulf near Casone a few meters north of today's Necropoli di San Cerbone excavation site . The present port was first mentioned on April 23, 1118 as Porto Barattori in a Gherardesca document. The Pisans , who ruled until 1399, built a new pier for the port in 1305. In 1448 Alfons V served as the base for his war activities in the Maremma .

The square tower Torre di Baratti , also called Torre di Porto Baratti , was built in the 15th century as a defense tower on the coast to protect the principality of Piombino from pirates. In 1968 the amphora of Baratti (Anfora di Baratti) was found by fishermen . The silver vessel with 132 images of people from mythology originally comes from Antakya and was made in the 4th century. It is now in the Museo archeologico del territorio di Populonia museum in Piombino.

Attractions

  • Cappella di San Cerbone , chapel dedicated to Cerbonius on the banks of the gulf approx. 1 km south of the town of Baratti. The Cathedral of San Cerbone in Massa Marittima , main church of the Diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino, is also dedicated to Cerbonius. The chapel was built between the end of the 16th and the beginning of the 17th centuries over a much older building on the site of the first burial place Cerbonius before he was reburied in the Cathedral of Massa Marittima. A marble element of the facade and the portrait integrated into the campanile date from the 3rd or 4th century.
  • Casa Saldarini , house built in 1962 by the architect Vittorio Giorgini in the immediate vicinity of the village. Belongs to the most important works of the artist.
  • Faro di Baratti , lighthouse , is located approx. 150 m northwest of the Torre di Baratti. The 4 m high lighthouse was inaugurated at the beginning of the 20th century and has a range of 9  nautical miles .

traffic

  • The place is connected to the state road Strada Statale 1 Via Aurelia via the Venturina junction 5 km to the east . The provincial road Strada provinciale 23 della Principessa is right there .
  • The place is connected to the rail traffic via the train station Stazione di Populonia , which is about 1 km to the east. It is on the Piombino – Livorno line.

photos

  • The Baratti amphora , now in the Museo archeologico del territorio di Populonia in Piombino

  • Casa Saldarini

  • The port of Porto di Baratti , to the right of the Torre di Baratti

  • East side of the gulf, in the background the town of Baratti in front of the Monti del Campigliese

  • The Faro di Baratti lighthouse

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andrea Semplici: Parco Archeologico di Baratti e Populonia.
  2. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Livorno, accessed on March 30, 2014 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: PORTO BARATTI o BARATTO, talvolta PORTO BARATTORI, già di POPULONIA.
  4. ↑ L'anfora argentea di Porto Baratti at Archeologica Toscana on the sides of the Sezione Didattica the Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana, retrieved (ital.) On March 30, 2014
  5. ↑ Museo archeologico del territorio di Populonia on the pages of the Parchi della Val di Cornia, accessed on March 31, 2014 (Italian)
  6. ^ Antonia d'Aniello: I luoghi della fede. Livorno, the Val di Cornia e l'Archipelago. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46785-1 , p. 145
  7. ^ Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi: Le opere di Giorgini ancora senza tutela. In: Il Sole 24 Ore of April 7, 2013, accessed on March 31, 2014 (Italian, pdf)
  8. ↑ The Faro di Baratti at Marina Militare on the official website of the Ministry of Defense of Italy, accessed on March 31, 2014 (Italian)

Web links

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


Coordinates: 43 ° 0 '  N , 10 ° 31'  E