Bolgheri

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Bolgheri is a district of Castagneto Carducci in the province of Livorno , Tuscany region in Italy .

Bolgheri Castle

geography

The district is located 8 km north of the main town Castagneto Carducci and on the northern edge of the Colline Metallifere . The nature reserve Oasi di Bolgheri belongs to the local area.

history

The place name refers to Bulgarians who were stationed in the place as support for the Lombards . Until then, the place was known as Sala del Duca Allone . The place is first mentioned in writing as Bulgari Castrum on November 20, 1075 in a document from Pope Gregory VII to the Bishop of Populonia . In the 13th century, the Della Gherardesca family took control of the place. In the Middle Ages, the place was repeatedly victim of the wars for supremacy in Italy, so it was occupied and destroyed by troops from Florence in 1393 and by Maximilian I in 1496 . Thereafter, the population remained at around 100 until the middle of the 18th century. Measures such as drainage and amelioration made the place attractive again in the 19th century, so that by 1835 the population had increased sixfold (635 inhabitants). These included the family of the poet Giosuè Carducci , who lived here with him from 1838. The place experienced another renaissance in the 1970s, when the place was recognized as a wine-growing region by the magazine Decanter .

Attractions

The Viale dei Cipressi
  • Castello di Bologheri , first documented on January 23, 1158 and owned by the Della Gherardesca family since the 13th century .
  • Chiesa di Sant'Antonio , church built in 1686 just outside the town center.
  • Chiesa dei Santi Giacomo e Cristoforo , the only church in the center of Bolgheri. Was restored in 1902.
  • Chiesa di San Sebastiano , church.
  • San Guido , oratory and church from 1703 on Via Aurelia .
  • Torre di Donoratico , tower of the Castello di Donoratico , tower destroyed in 1433, can still be seen today as a ruin.
  • Viale dei Cipressi , 5 km long avenue of cypress trees that leads from Via Aurelia to the center of Bolgheri near San Guido.
  • Residence of Giosuè Carducci in the center of the village on the corner of Via dei Colli and Via del Poggio with the Statua a Nonna Lucia Carducci on the main square.

economy

The most important branch of the economy is viticulture . DOC wines such as Sassicaia and Bolgheri are produced in the municipality .

traffic

The place has a stop on the Pisa – Roma railway line , which is 7 km northwest of the town center on the outskirts of Bibbona (Marina di Bibbona).

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castagneto Carducci in Bolgheri, accessed on December 8, 2011 (ital.)

Coordinates: 43 ° 14 '  N , 10 ° 37'  E