Canneto (Monteverdi Marittimo)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canneto
MonteverdiMarittimoCannetoPanorama3.jpg
View of Canneto
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Pisa  (PI)
local community Monteverdi Marittimo
Coordinates 43 ° 12 '  N , 10 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 11 '58 "  N , 10 ° 44' 14"  E
height 295  m slm
Residents 177 (2011)
Telephone code 0565 CAP 56040

Canneto is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality of Monteverdi Marittimo in the province of Pisa in Tuscany .

geography

The place is about 3 kilometers northeast of the capital Monteverdi Marittimo, about 60 km southeast of the provincial capital Pisa and about 75 km southwest of the regional capital Florence in the Cecina valley (Val di Cecina) at the transition of the Sterza valley (tributary of the Cecina) to the Val di Cornia . The place is at 295  m slm and had 182 inhabitants in 2001. In 2011 there were 177 inhabitants. The river Cecina runs about 13 km north, the Cornia flows about 6.5 km southwest.

history

The Castello of Canneto was built around the year 1000, probably over an earlier settlement, and was a fief of the Abbey of San Pietro in Palazzuolo. The place was first mentioned in 1084 by the city of Volterra . From 1168 the place was under the later Bishop of Volterra , Ildebrando Pannocchieschi. In 1472 Canneto submitted to the Republic of Florence .

Attractions

  • San Lorenzo , church in the center that belongs to the diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino . Romanesque building from the 11th or 12th century, contains a bronze crucifix with the inscription La Vergine, San Giovanni, l'Angelo ed il Sepolcro .
  • City walls of the elliptical historic town center (approx. 120 × 45 m). The defensive wall had two fortification gates that are still preserved today:
    • Porta agl'Archi , southern fortification gate .
    • Porta alla Buca , western fortification gate.

photos

  • The Church of San Lorenzo

  • The central square of the historic town center

  • Porta agl'Archi

  • Porta alla Buca

literature

  • Archeologia dall'Architettura di un borgo fortificato. Il caso di Canneto. In: Archeologia dell'Architettura. XII, 2007, All'Insegna del Giglio, Florence 2008, ISBN 978-88-7814-456-9 , p. 89 ff. (Online version from google books , accessed June 11, 2020, Italian)
  • Emanuele Repetti: CANNETO in Val di Cecina, o di Maremma. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: CANNETO in Val di Cecina, o di Maremma.
  2. ↑ a b c d Archeologia dall'Architettura di un borgo fortificato. Il caso di Canneto.
  3. ↑ a b Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Pisa , accessed on June 11, 2020 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Italia in dettaglio
  5. ↑ a b Comune di Monteverdi Marittimo: Castello di Canneto , accessed on June 10, 2020 (PDF)
  6. ↑ Comune di Monteverdi Marittimo: Chiesa di San Lorenzo - Canneto , accessed on June 11, 2020 (PDF)