Campagnatico

Campagnatico
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Grosseto  (GR)
Coordinates	42 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 16'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '4 "  N , 11 ° 16' 17"  E
height	275  m slm
surface	162.15 km²
Residents	2,365 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	15 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	58042
prefix	0564
ISTAT number	053002
Popular name	Campagnatichesi
Patron saint	San Giovanni Battista (June 24th)
Website	Campagnatico
Panorama of Campagnatico

Campagnatico is an Italian commune with 2365 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region .

geography

Location of the municipality of Campagnatico in the province of Grosseto

The place extends over around 162 km². It is located around 20 km northeast of the provincial capital Grosseto and around 100 km south of the regional capital Florence in the Ombrone valley and in the Montecucco and Morellino di Scansano wine-growing region . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 1 903 GG.

Its districts include Arcille ( 46  m slm , approx. 100 inhabitants), Marrucheti (also called Campino , 115 m, approx. 90 inhabitants) and Montorsaio (384 m, approx. 170 inhabitants). The main town itself has about 580 inhabitants.

The neighboring municipalities are Arcidosso , Cinigiano , Civitella Paganico , Grosseto , Roccalbegna , Roccastrada and Scansano .

history

The place was created as a branch of the monastery of San Salvatore di Monte Amiata and has been under the Aldobrandeschi since 973 . After the death of Omberto Aldobrandeschi in 1259, the place came under the control of Siena .

In 1155 Arnold of Brescia found shelter in the castle for a short time before he was handed over to the troops of Frederick Barbarossa after they had captured a Vice Count of Campagnatico.

After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 against the Republic of Florence , the place (like Siena) also fell to the Duchy of Tuscany .

Culture and sights

building

• Pieve di San Giovanni Battista , Pieve in the upper town center, which was built in the 13th century and which was elevated to a Prepositura church ( parish church ) in the 18th century . The campanile originally belonged to the city walls as a defense tower. In the church you can find the work Madonna con il Bambino by Guido di Graziano from the late 13th century. The Storie della Vergine fresco circle by Cristoforo di Bindoccio and Meo di Pero (1393) comes from the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie .
• Chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia , already mentioned in 1188 church in the town center.
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio abate , former church in the town center from the 13th century, was converted into a theater in 1883 .
• Rocca aldobrandesca , Aldobrandeschi castle in the town center, built in the 10th century.
• Colonne della Sabatina , ruins of the former castle Castello della Sabatina near the local border with Scansano. The castle was built in the 13th century under the Abbazia San Galgano .

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  Pieve di San Giovanni Battista

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  Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate

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  Remains of the ramparts of Campagnatico

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  Castle (Rocca) of the Aldobrandeschi

Palio dei Ciuchi

Since 1957, a Palio in honor of Mary ( Santissima Madonna delle Grazie ) has been held in Campagnatico on the Sunday after September 8th ( Mary's birth ) . The four districts Contrada Castello, Rione Centro, Rione Pieve and Rione Santa Maria compete in the 'Palio dei Ciuchi'. This equestrian competition for a painted flag (similar to that in Siena ) is held on donkeys in Campagnatico, while horses are ridden in Siena. The course leads along Via Roma, the town hall and ends at the hill that leads to the schools. The rules provide for two races. In the first all four contrades take part, in the final only the two winners of the first race face each other.

traffic

The place has the junctions Campagnatico and Campagnatico Zona commerciale on Strada Statale 223 di Paganico . The district of Montorsaio has its own junction.

Community partnerships

The place has a community partnership with the city of Würselen in North Rhine-Westphalia .

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: CAMPAGNATICO (Campaniaticum) nella Valle dell'Ombrone senese. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
• Felicia Rotundo / Maria Mangiavacchi: Campagnatico. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 .
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 843.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA) , accessed on September 7, 2014 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on November 1, 2012 (Italian)
4. ↑ ^{a b c} Felicia Rotundo / Maria Mangiavacchi: Campagnatico.