Casciano (Murlo)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Murlo | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 10 ' N , 11 ° 20' E | ||
| height | 452 m slm | ||
| Residents | 922 (2017) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53016 |
Casciano is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality Murlo in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
Casciano, also called Casciano di Murlo , Casciano di Vescovado or earlier Casciano delle Donne , is located approx. 5 kilometers west of the capital Murlo (or Vescovado) and approx. 15 kilometers south of the provincial capital Siena in the Merse Valley (Val di Merse). The place is in the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino . Casciano is the most populous district of the municipality of Murlo and is 452 meters and had about 650 inhabitants in 2001. In 2017 there were 922 inhabitants. The closest places are Grotti and Ville di Corsano (municipality of Monteroni d'Arbia , approx. 5 kilometers north) and San Lorenzo a Merse (municipality of Monticiano, approx. 5 kilometers west).
history
The place was first mentioned in 1189 in a document from Pope Clement III. , who confirmed the rule of the church buildings in the area to the Bishop of Siena , Bono (Bishop of Siena 1189–1216). Later the place developed into the second capital of the municipality Murlo.
Attractions
- Santi Giusto e Clemente , church and pieve in the center. Was first a monastery for women in the 12th century , then the title was transferred to the church that was built in the 13th century. At that time the church was under the control of the Church in Doccia (Chiesa di Doccia). In 1344 the church was restored and expanded. The monastery was abandoned in 1463 and the goods were transferred to the Pieve. The church building was restored in 1525 and equipped with a rectory . The choir contains the fresco Madonna ei Santi Fabiano, Nicola da Bari, Rocco e Sebastiano (dated 1515) by Andrea di Niccolò , brought here from Santa Maria a Piantasala . The church was last restored in 1996.
- Santa Maria a Piantasala , also called Cappella della Tagliata , chapel just outside Casciano. Made in 1514/1515.
traffic
- The place is about 4 kilometers away from the junction Fontazzi / Casciano on Strada Statale 223 di Paganico .
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: CASCIANO o CASSIANO DI VESCOVATO in Val di Merse. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
- Anna Maria Guiducci (ed.): 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. 146 ff.
Web links
- Website of the Pro Loco in Murlo for the districts.
- Il Tirreno to the Church of Santi Giusto e Clemente, accessed on November 8, 2016 (Italian), with illus.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: CASCIANO o CASSIANO DI VESCOVATO in Val di Merse.
- ↑ a b c Pro Loco Murlo
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on November 13, 2016 (Italian)
- ↑ Italia in dettaglio to Casciano (Casciano di Murlo) , accessed on 17 March 2018 (Italian)
- ↑ a b Il Tirreno to the Church of Santi Giusto e Clemente
- ^ A b Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse.
- ↑ The Church of Santa Maria a Piantasala on the pages of Chiese Italiane (Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici) , accessed on November 13, 2016 (Italian), with illus.