Casole d'Elsa

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Casole d'Elsa
coat of arms
Casole d'Elsa (Italy)
Casole d'Elsa
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
Coordinates 43 ° 21 '  N , 11 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '30 "  N , 11 ° 2' 34"  E
height 417  m slm
surface 148 km²
Residents 3,803 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 26 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 53031
prefix 0577
ISTAT number 052004
Popular name Casolesi (Casolani)
Patron saint San Donato (August 7th)
Website Casole d'Elsa municipality
Panorama of Casole d'Elsa
Panorama of Casole d'Elsa

Casole d'Elsa is an Italian commune with 3803 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of Casole d'Elsa in the province of Siena

The place extends over 148  km² . Casole d'Elsa is located approx. 50 km southwest of the regional capital Florence and approx. 25 km west of the provincial capital Siena in the Montagnola Senese mountain range and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2 105 GG. The name is added to the river Elsa (7 km in the municipality), the place is also on the river Cecina (3 km in the municipality). Important Torrenti in the local area are the Sellate (13 of 18 km in the municipal area) and the Rosia (4 km in the municipal area). The place belongs to the diocese of Volterra and is therefore subordinate to the archdiocese of Pisa as a suffragand diocese . The eastern districts and Mensano belong to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .

The districts (frazioni) include Mensano (499 m, approx. 125 inhabitants), Monteguidi (421 m, approx. 150 inhabitants), Pievescola (272 m, approx. 300 inhabitants) and La Corsina (392 m, approx. 180 inhabitants) ), Cavallano (298 m, approx. 120 inhabitants) and Il Merlo (306 m, approx. 100 inhabitants). Other locations (località) or hamlets are Maggiano , Marmoraia , San Chimento and Scorgiano (also part of Monteriggioni).

The neighboring municipalities are Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina ( PI ), Chiusdino , Colle di Val d'Elsa , Monteriggioni , Pomarance (PI), Radicondoli , Sovicille and Volterra (PI).

history

The place is mentioned for the first time in 896 in documents of the diocese of Volterra, which equipped the place with a castle in the 11th century. 1186 were from Heinrich VI. the Pannocchieschi confirmed as gentlemen. In 1201 Casole d'Elsa declared itself a free commune, but was conquered by Siena in 1240 after a long siege. This was confirmed after the Battle of Montaperti in 1260 by the negotiations in Castelfiorentino on November 25, 1260. There were revolts against the Senese rule in 1312 and 1313, both after visits by Henry VII. The city walls were reinforced in 1481 by Francesco di Giorgio . In 1492 the place gave itself the statutes . In 1554 Florence conquered the place during the war against Siena. At the end of the 18th century, the village was conquered by Napoleon's troops, who stayed until 1814. Thereafter Casole was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , where it remained until 1861, when it was integrated into the Kingdom of Italy . The place name addition d'Elsa was added in 1862. During the Second World War , the place suffered considerable damage, so the two (only) historical city gates Porta ai Frati (northern gate) and Porta Rivellino (southern gate) were destroyed.

Attractions

The Rocca Senese castle, today's town hall
Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta in the town center
Chiesa di San Niccolò shortly before the place
  • Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta , consecrated church in the town center in 1161 , which serves as a parish church and is located in the diocese of Volterra. Contains the work Giudizio Universale by Duccio di Buoninsegna and Pietà ei Santi Andrea e Niccolò from 1586 by Alessandro Casolani .
  • Museo archeologico e della Collegiata , museum on the right side of the Collegiata. The first three rooms belong to the Museo Archeologico, then the Museo della Collegiata begins. Here you can find works by Alessandro Casolani ( Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino , Madonna col Bambino, San Giovannino e due devoti , Cristo benedicente , all made at the end of the 16th century, and San Giovanni dolente and Maria Maddalena dolente from the 17th century In addition, some drafts such as Ritratto muliebre , Sacra Conversazione and Studi per un angelo annunciante e un cane can be viewed , all works in room 1 of the Museo della Collegiata), Lippo Vanni ( Graduale et Kyriale , illumination, room 2), Giacomo Pacchiarotti ( Madonna con Bambino tra i Santi Donato, Michele Arcangelo, Sebastiano e Nicola (fresco), Maddalena e San Girolamo and Sant'Agnese e San Francesco , both panel paintings, all in room 4), Francesco Rustici ( San Sebastiano curato dalle pie donne , room 6), Vincenzo Rustici ( Sacra Famiglia , room 6) and Rutilio Manetti ( San Girolamo nello Studio , room 6).
  • Rocca di Casole d'Elsa , also called Castello di Casole d'Elsa or Rocca Senese . Was built in 1352 with two unequal towers. The seat of the town hall is located here today.
  • Palazzo Pretorio , former ruler's palace in the center of the village. Contains coats of arms of the ruling families from the 14th to the 16th century and a fresco by Giacomo Pacchiarotti (today in the Museo della Collegiata) on the facade .
  • San Pietro , former church and today's house of prayer in the town center. Initially belonged to the Convento dei Serviti di Maria monastery and received its current functions around 1930.
  • Santo Spirito , church in the town center. Part of the former Santo Spirito hospital.
  • Chiesa di San Niccolò , already mentioned in writing in 1348 just outside the city walls, contains frescoes by Francesco Rustici.
  • San Michele Arcangelo , parish church in Cavallano, mentioned in 971.
  • San Pietro , church in Cotorniano, first mentioned at the beginning of the 14th century.
  • San Pietro , church in Gallena, first mentioned in 1274.
  • San Giusto e Santa Lucia , church in Lucciana, mentioned as early as 1356.
  • San Biagio a Mensano , small church in the district of Mensano (Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino).
  • Pieve di San Giovanni Battista a Mensano , already mentioned in 1171 Pieve in Mensano (Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino).
  • Pieve dei Santi Maria e Gervasio a Marmoraia , already mentioned in 1047 Pieve in the Località Marmoraia (Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino), approx. 5 km east of Casole d'Elsa.
  • Chiesa dei Santi Andrea e Lorenzo , church in the district of Monteguidi .
  • Chiesa della Visitazione , church in the Monteguidi district.
  • Pieve di San Giovanni Battista a Pievescola , already mentioned in 1032 Pieve in the Pievescola district (Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino).
  • Villa di San Chimento , late 16th century villa near Pievescola and Scorgiano.
  • Villa la Suvera , building near Pievescuola. The ancient castle was first mentioned in 1197 as the Rocca of the Ardengheschi family . From 1216 it was under the jurisdiction of Siena, which in 1268 had the Rocca destroyed for reasons that had not yet been discovered. The current building was built on the foundations of the old castle, which in 1507 passed to Pope Julius II (Giuliano della Rovere) through the mediation of Pandolfo Petrucci and thus belonged to the Papal States. The reconstruction work from the fortress to the villa took place around the same time and was carried out by Baldassare Peruzzi . In 1534 the property was sold by the Della Rovere family to the Chigi family from Siena, who had lived here since 1509 with the permission of the della Rovere .
  • Santa Fiora , church in Scorgiano (Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino) from the 13th century.

Viticulture

Events

  • Every second Sunday in July there is a Palio held with horses. Four districts of Campagna , Cavallano , Il Merlo and Monteguidi as well as the two contraden (districts within the city walls) Pievalle and Rivellino compete against each other. The structure of the Palio of Casole is largely similar to the Palio di Siena .

Awards

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Casole d'Elsa  - 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 August 25, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Casole d'Elsa , accessed on August 25, 2013 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on August 25, 2013 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: CASOLE (Casulae). In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846)
  6. ↑ a b c Castelli Toscani zu Casole d'Elsa , accessed on September 15, 2013 (Italian)
  7. ↑ a b Terre di Toscana zu Casole d'Elsa , accessed on September 15, 2013 (Italian)
  8. ↑ Elisabetta Avanzati, Silvia Nerucci: Casole d'Elsa. Museo archeologico e della Collegiata. In: Musei del Senese. Iterinari culturali in terra di Siena. Nuova immagine, Poggibonsi 2007, ISBN 978-88-7145-255-5 , pp. 104-117.
  9. ↑ EcoMuseo Val d'Elsa on the Palazzo Pretorio , accessed on April 24, 2017 (Italian)
  10. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: ex chiesa di s.pietro / oratorio dei serviti. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00385530), accessed April 24, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  11. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: chiesa di san michele arcangelo. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00403069), accessed May 18, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  12. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: chiesa di san pietro a cotorniano. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00494833, with ill.), Accessed April 24, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  13. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: chiesa di san pietro a gallena. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00494837), accessed April 24, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  14. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: san giusto e santa lucia. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00403068), accessed May 18, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  15. ↑ a b I Luoghi della Fede.
  16. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: pieve di santa maria. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00403071), accessed April 24, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  17. ^ Soprintendenza per i Beni Architettonici e per il Paesaggio di Siena e Grosseto: villa di san chimento. ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Catalogo N. 00403083), accessed April 24, 2017 (Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbap-siena.beniculturali.it
  18. ^ Ovidio Guaita: Le Ville della Toscana. Newton & Compton Editori, Rome 1997, ISBN 88-8183-787-0 , p. 416 ff.
  19. ↑ Il Tirreno on the Church of Santa Fiora a Scorgiano, accessed on April 19, 2017 (Italian), with illus.
  20. ↑ Official website of the municipality for the Palio di Casole d'Elsa , accessed on April 24, 2017 (Italian)
  21. ↑ Website Bandiere arancioni to Casole d'Elsa , retrieved (Italian) on 25 August 2013