Casciana Terme

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Panorama of Casciana Terme

Casciana Terme is a district of the municipality of Casciana Terme Lari with about 2480 inhabitants (as of 2011) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place extends over approx. 37  km² . It is located approx. 60 km southwest of the regional capital Florence and approx. 30 km south of the provincial capital Pisa in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 1 747 GG.

history

Thermal baths and piazza in Casciana Terme

Earlier names of the place were Bagno ad Acqua and Bagni di Casciana (bath by the water or baths of Casciana). Around 800 the place was called Castrum ad Aquis . Until 1927, Casciana Terme was part of the municipality of Lari . Today's toponym with the addition of terme was chosen to distinguish it from the neighboring Casciana Alta (higher Casciana), a district of Lari. In the Middle Ages the community was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Pisa . The thermal baths were rediscovered in the 11th century by Mathilde von Canossa and have a constant temperature of 35.7 ° C. In 1362 the place was destroyed in the wars between Florence and Pisa and in 1515 it was completely taken over by Florence. In 1776 Casciana was assigned to the municipality of Lari and in 1927 it became an independent municipality. On January 1, 2014, the place was merged again with Lari to form the new municipality of Casciana Terme Lari.

Attractions

The church of Santa Maria Assunta in the piazza
San Martino in Petraia
  • Santa Maria Assunta , a church on the main square built around 840 , contains the works Madonna del Rosario by Domenico Passignano and Madonna con il Bambino (also delle Grazie ) by the so-called Maestro di San Torpè .
  • San Martino in Petraija (also San Martino in Petraia ), church from the 14th century, which was substantially renovated in 1807.
  • Madonna dei Sette Dolori , chapel (Oratorio) in the town center. Contains the fresco Pietà fra i Santi Bartolomeo e Rocco from the 15th century.
  • Torre Aquisana , first mentioned city tower in 1024.

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: ACQUA (BAGNO A) e BAGNI DI CASCIANA, Castrum de Aquis, o ad Aquas. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Casciana Terme  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on November 14, 2012 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  2. ↑ a b c Official website of the municipality of Casciana Terme , accessed on March 29, 2010 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Casciana.net , accessed March 29, 2010 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Il Comune di Casciana Terme Lari (PI) , tuttitalia.it on the new municipality of Casciana Terme Lari, accessed on February 28, 2014 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c I Luoghi della Fede.

Coordinates: 43 ° 32 '  N , 10 ° 37'  E