Bettolle
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Sinalunga | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 12 ' N , 11 ° 48' E | ||
| height | 308 m slm | ||
| Residents | 2,612 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53048 |
Bettolle is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Sinalunga in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is about 5 kilometers east of the capital Sinalunga and about 40 kilometers southeast of the provincial capital Siena in the Chiana valley . In addition to the Chiana, the Torrenti Esse and Foenna are important waters not far from the village. The place is in the diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza and is therefore subordinate to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino . Bettole is at 308 meters, has about 2500 inhabitants and is therefore the largest district of Sinalunga. The closest places to the main town of Sinalunga are the main towns of Foiano della Chiana and Torrita di Siena , both are also approx. 5 km away.
history
The place was already inhabited by the Etruscans and was first documented in a donation in 1014 and then in 1040. The castle of the Senese counts Cacciaconti della Scialenga was built around 1100 when Castrum Betullarum was under the government in Siena from 1266, who set up a Podestà . In the conflict between Siena and Florence , Bettolle was besieged in 1553 by Ascanio della Corgna from Castiglione del Lago and set on fire. In 1593 the place asked the lords of Sinalunga to join the place. This request was granted. This was confirmed in the territorial reform of 1778 by Pietro Leopoldo d'Asburgo-Lorena and Bettolle officially became a district of Sinalunga. The place experienced a significant boom after the Bonifica ( melioration ), which took place in the years from 1788 to the 1830s. The place received a further boost in the 19th century with the construction of the motorway junction (see traffic).
Attractions
- San Cristoforo , church in the town center. Was built in the 19th century on the remains of an older pieve . In the first chapel on the right-hand side contains the canvas painting Martirio di San Felice from the 17th century, which is attributed to a Senese artist. Other works in the church are La Madonna del Rosario by Sebastiano Filli, La Madonna con il Bambino by Nicolò Nasini and San Pietro in ginocchio by Bernardino Mei (all from the 17th century).
- Chiesa della Misericordia , a church built in 1877 just outside the town center, under the architect Luigi Agnolucci (1832–1926) from Sinalunga.
- Monumento ai caduti , memorial for those who died in the First and Second World Wars. Located just outside the historic center on the main street Strada Statale 327 .
- Monumento Ezio Marchi , inaugurated on November 1, 1911, in honor of the biologist Ezio Marchi (1869–1908), who was born in Bettolle and was known for his studies of the Chianina cattle breed .
- Real Fattoria di Bettolle , also called Villa Granducale or Villa Puccio Prefumo , was built at the beginning of the 18th century and belonged to the Order of St. Stephen until 1755 .
traffic
- The place is at the motorway junction Val di Chiana (also Valdichiana ) on the Autostrada A1 ( Autostrada del Sole ). From here the RA 6 runs to the east to Perugia , to the west the so-called Siena-Bettolle connection begins at Bettolle , which later becomes part of the SS 73 (Strada statale 73 Senese Aretina, part of the European route 78 ) and into the streets of Siena Florence and Grosseto passes over ( Tangenziale Ovest di Siena ).
- The nearest train station is Sinalunga with connections to Arezzo , Siena and Chiusi-Chianciano Terme .
photos
The Chiesa della Misericordia
The monument to Ezio Marchi
Monumento ai Caduti , memorial to the fallen of the two world wars
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: BETTOLLE (Betula). In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
- Laura Martini (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Montepulciano e la Valdichiana senese. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46787-8 , p. 138.
Web links
- Val di Chiana Senese to Bettolle
- bettolle.it
- Sinalunga.org to Bettolle
- Website of the Unipli (Unione Nazionale Pro Loco d'Italia)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: BETTOLLE (Betula).
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on October 20, 2016 (Italian)
- ↑ a b Val di Chiana Senese
- ↑ a b c Laura Martini: Montepulciano e la Valdichiana senese.
- ↑ a b c d e bettolle.it
- ^ A b Unione Nazionale Pro Loco d'Italia
- ^ Probably Sebastiano Folli or from his workshop.
- ↑ Sinalunga.org on the personalities from Sinalunga , accessed on October 21, 2016 (Italian)
- ↑ Pietre della Memoria on the fallen war memorial in Bettolle, accessed on November 4, 2016 (Italian)
- ↑ a b sinalunga.org to Bettolle