Brenna (Tuscany)

Brenna
Panorama of Brenna
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Siena  (SI)
local community	Sovicille
Coordinates	43 ° 12 '  N , 11 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 12 '10 "  N , 11 ° 13' 57"  E
height	194  m slm
Residents	187 (2017)
Telephone code	0577	CAP	53018

Brenna is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Sovicille in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 5 km south of the capital Sovicille, about 13 km southwest of the provincial capital Siena and about 60 km south of the regional capital Florence . The place is in the Maremma countryside and on the northeastern edge of the Colline Metallifere at 194 m in the Montagnola Senese . The place is on the river Merse . In 2017 the place had 187 inhabitants.

history

According to legend, the place name goes back to the Gaul Brenno , who fled Rome with his troops in the 4th century BC. Stopped in Brenna and founded the place. The legend is supported by found graves of the Celtic type not far from Brenna near Orgia . The place was first documented on April 17, 1194 by Pope Celestine III. , who confirmed in a document the transfer of partial rights of the Ardengheschi from Civitella di Pari to the Abbazia di San Lorenzo al Lanzo (also called Badia Ardenghesca) to the Abbot Strambo. From 1202 the place got into the conflict between the Ardengheschi and Siena. The Ardengheschi Siena refused support in the battle for Montalcino , as this should be carried out at their own expense (by Brenna or the Ardengheschi). In 1271 the council of Siena decided that the place had to be led by a local council (Guidice), which would be subordinate to the Podestà of Siena.

Attractions

The Church of San Michele Arcangelo a Brenna

The former Molino del Pero mill

• Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , 11th century church built by the Ardengheschi. In the 12th century the church was under the control of the Abbazia di San Lorenzo al Lanzo from 1144 and after 1194 also the Pieve San Giovanni Battista a Rosia in Rosia . After the fall of the Ardengheschi, the church was poorly maintained and opened for demolition in 1722. The new building with the new access stairs was created by the will of the Archbishop of Siena , Alessandro Zondadari (1715–1744), and was inaugurated in 1741. The high altar contains the coat of arms of Zondadari and a canvas painting by Niccolò Franchini ( San Michele Arcangelo ). The left-hand altar was created by the Galgani family and contains the image of San Galgano (Galgano Guidotti, founder of the Abbazia San Galgano ) by Bernardino Baroni . The right-hand altar contains a crocifisso from the previous church and a group of plaster statues called Dolenti (18th century). The church belongs to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .
• Molino del Pero , mill on the outskirts of Brenna, which was built in the Middle Ages. It was fortified in the 14th century and has a tower. It is located on a Gora (artificial canal), a branch of the Merse, which is diverted shortly before Brenna and flows back in behind the village via the Rosia .
• Molino del Palazzo , mill on the outskirts, mentioned in 1246.

literature

• Anna Maria Guiducci (a cura di) in: I Luoghi della Fede. Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46774-6 , p. 110 f.
• Emanuele Repetti: BRENNA in Val di Merse. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Brenna (Sovicille)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Municipality of Sovicille for the Brenna district (Italian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on February 2, 2016 (Italian)
2. ↑ Italia in dettaglio to Brenna , called (Italian) on February 1, 2018
3. ^ ^{A b} Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede
4. ↑ ^{a b} Official website of the municipality of Sovicille for the Brenna district
5. ↑ ^{a b} Emanuele Repetti: BRENNA in Val di Merse.
6. ↑ Ufficio Nazionale per i Beni Culturali Ecclesiastici e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana , accessed on February 2, 2016 (Italian)
7. ^ I Mulini sulla Merse , Official website of the municipality of Sovicille on the mills on the river Merse , accessed on February 2, 2016 (Italian)
8. ↑ Comune di Siena (ed.): I Bottini. Acquedotti medievali senesi . Edizioni Gielle, Siena 1984, p. 10