Castel del Piano

Castel del Piano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Grosseto  (GR)
Coordinates	42 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '27 "  N , 11 ° 32' 22"  E
height	637  m slm
surface	67.79 km²
Residents	4,827 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	71 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	58033
prefix	0564
ISTAT number	053004
Popular name	Casteldelpianesi
Patron saint	Maria Santissima delle Grazie (September 8th)
Website	Castel del Piano municipality
Panorama of Castel del Piano

Castel del Piano is a municipality with 4827 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany .

geography

Piazza Garibaldi / Piazza del Palio in Castel del Piano

Location of Castel del Piano in the province of Grosseto

The place extends over around 68  km² . It is located about 60 km northeast of Grosseto , 130 km south of Florence and 70 km west of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southern part of the Val d'Orcia . The Monte Amiata is about ten kilometers away. The place is part of the Comunità montana dell'Amiata grossetano and is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2199 GG.

The place is on the rivers Orcia (7 km in the local area), Ente (6 km in the local area), Vivo (1 km in the local area) and Zancona (3 of a total of 17 km in the local area).

Its districts ( fractions , Italian frazioni ) include Montegiovi (535 m, approx. 170 inhabitants) and Montenero d'Orcia (388 m, approx. 250 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Abbadia San Salvatore ( SI ), Arcidosso , Castiglione d'Orcia (SI), Cinigiano , Montalcino (SI), Santa Fiora and Seggiano .

history

The community was first documented historically on August 27, 890 under the name "Casale Plana" in the correspondence of the Amiata Abbey . The castle was built in 1175, now called Castrum Plana and later Castrum de Plano . From 1175 to 1331 the place was owned by the Aldobrandeschi and was then conquered by the Republic of Siena after a siege by Guidoriccio da Fogliano . After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 against the Republic of Florence , the place also fell to the Duchy of Tuscany .

Attractions

• Chiesa Parrocchiale della Nativity Madonna (also Chiesa dell'Opera ), 17th-century church containing works Santa Caterina d'Alessandria ed altri Santi , Nativity of Mary and Pieta o Compianto su Cristo Morto by Giuseppe Nicola Nasini as well as Domenico Manetti wrote the work San Cerbone propizia la vittoria del generale Tommaso Cerboni (canvas painting, created around 1642).
• Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie , church in the town center from the 18th century, which was built over a chapel from the early 16th century. Contains the work Madonna del Carmine by Francesco Nasini (canvas painting, created in 1652)
• Chiesa del Sacramento , already mentioned in 1216 church in the town center.
• Chiesa di San Leonardo , church built around 1188 in the town center
• Chiesa di Santa Lucia , mentioned in 1676 but probably a much older church just outside the town center.
• Chiesa di San Biagio a Gravilona , mentioned in 1188 just outside the town center.
• Chiesa di San Martino , a church in the Montegiovi district, was mentioned as early as 1302.
• Chiesa di Santa Lucia , church from the 12th century in the district of Montenero d'Orcia

Sons and daughters of the church

• Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (1657–1736), painter

The Palio of Castel del Piano

Similar to Siena (and other places), a Palio is held annually in Castel del Piano , which is run with horses in the Piazza Garibaldi. The four contrades (districts) of the historic center, namely Borgo , Monumento , Poggio and Storte , compete against each other. Before the respective race (as in Siena) there is also a corteo storico (historical parade).

Origins of the Palios of Castel del Piano

The first horse race took place on September 9, 1402, during the Fiera di Merci e Bestiame , when the municipality was under the control of the Republic of Siena. From 1431 until the abandonment of this tradition in the Middle Ages, the Palio of Maria Santissima delle Grazie took place on September 8th, in honor of the namesake, through which, according to legend, 4 soldiers from Castel del Piano presented on September 8th 1430 through an apparition of Mary were saved from death.

Revival of the Palios in 1771

By resolution of a delegation on July 14, 1765, the Palio was revived. The first race race took place on July 7, 1771 under new rules. Districts outside the historic city walls were also allowed to participate. So this race was won by the Montenero district. This form of the palio was retained until the beginning of the 20th century . After the First World War , horse races continued on Corso Garibaldi, but without the participation of the contrades.

Today's Palio

In 1967, the terms of participation for the Palio of Castel del Piano were changed again by a resolution of the city council. Accordingly, since 1968 only the four contrades of the historic old town ( Borgo , Monumento , Poggio and Storte ) have been competing against each other. The first Palio under new rules was won on September 9, 1968 by the Contrade Monumento with the rider (Fantino) Pieraccini (called Bubbolino) on the horse Leda. The last run Palio (2009) won the Contrade Borgo with G.Mureddu (called Filuferru) with the horse Iolao.

literature

• Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 .
• Lucio Niccola / Fiora Bonelli: Paesi dell'Amiata , Cesare Moroni Edizioni, 2003, pp. 63-101.
• Emanuele Repetti: CASTEL DEL PIANO (Castrum Plani) in Val d'Orcia. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)
• Felicia Rotundo / Bruno Santi: Casteldelpiano. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 .
• Bruno Santi: I luoghi della Fede. L'Amiata e la Val d'Orcia , Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46780-0 , pp. 162-168.
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , pp. 687 f.

Web links

Commons : Castel del Piano  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Castel del Piano

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 March 18, 2013 (Italian) (PDF file; 322 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Castel del Piano , accessed on March 18, 2013 (ital.)
4. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on March 18, 2013 (Italian)
5. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castel del Piano for the church dell'Opera, accessed on April 2, 2014 (Italian)
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Comune di Castel del Piano / Portale Ufficiale
7. ↑ Albo d'oro , the winners of the Palio ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2014 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.