Basciano (Tuscany)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Monteriggioni | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ' N , 11 ° 18' E | ||
| height | 328 m slm | ||
| Residents | 70 (2017) | ||
| patron | Apostle John | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53035 |
Basciano is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Monteriggioni in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is about 6 kilometers southeast of the capital Monteriggioni and about 6 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Siena in the Chianti area at 328 m slm. In 2001 it had about 50 inhabitants. Today (2017) there are approx. 70. The most important body of water near the place is the Torrente Staggia , which flows approx. 1 km to the north.
history
The place is mentioned for the first time as Basiano ... in finibus Senense in the year 812 in a donation in favor of the monastero di S. Bartolommeo di Pistoja , to whom three farms were bequeathed. Basciano is later mentioned in documents from the Monastero di Sant'Eugenio (Siena, Costafabbri district) and that of the Trafisse .
Attractions
- San Giovanni Evangelista , church in the town center. The church was built in the 13th century and was restored in 1726 and 1954.
- Villa Parisini (also called Villa Parigini and Villa Sansedoni ), from 1750 built by Giovanni Sansedoni villa with Italian garden ( Giardino all'italiana ) just outside and east of Basciano. The villa was bequeathed to Eleonora Cennini in 1831, who gave it to her nieces and nephews Eleonora, Luisa Terrosi e Alibrando Parigini in 1839. From 1847 to 1954 the villa officially belonged to the Parigini, then it became the property of the Province of Siena ( Amministrazione Provinciale di Siena ).
traffic
- Basciano is not far from the Raccordo autostradale 3 , junction Badesse . The ascent and descent to and from Siena is approx. 1 km away, and that to Florence approx. 2.5 km.
- The nearest rail stop is in Badesse, approx. 2 km away. It is on the Siena- Empoli railway line .
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: BASCIANO presso Siena. (Bassianum). In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
- Touring Club Italiano : Monteriggioni e il suo territorio. Touring Editore, Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2944-5
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Monteriggioni (Italian)
- Site of the Province of Siena to Basciano - Villa Parigini (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on August 1, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ italia.indettaglio.it on Ulignano , accessed on August 1, 2017 (English)
- ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: BASCIANO presso Siena.
- ↑ Official website of the Archdiocese of Siena on the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista , accessed on July 28, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ Comune di Monteriggioni : Analisi del patrimonio edilizio esistente. Isolato 45, Scheda 26CS \ 05E. Accessed August 1, 2017 (pdf, Italian)
- ↑ The church is sometimes run under the name of San Giovanni Battista, e.g. B. in Repetti (S. Giovanni Batista) and Touring Club Italiano, p. 26.
- ↑ Il Tirreno on the Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, accessed on August 1, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ a b monteriggioniturismo.it: Basciano e villa Parisini.
- ^ A b Italian Touring Club: Monteriggioni e il suo territorio.
- ^ A b Province of Siena to Basciano - Villa Parigini