Castelfiorentino
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| Country | Italy | |
| region | Tuscany | |
| Metropolitan city | Florence (FI) | |
| Coordinates | 43 ° 37 ' N , 10 ° 58' E | |
| height | 50 m slm | |
| surface | 66.56 km² | |
| Residents | 17,577 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density | 264 inhabitants / km² | |
| Post Code | 50051 | |
| prefix | 0571 | |
| ISTAT number | 048010 | |
| Popular name | Castellani | |
| Patron saint | Santa Verdiana (February 1st) |
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| Website | Castelfiorentino | |
 Panorama of Castelfiorentino |
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Castelfiorentino is an Italian municipality with 17,577 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in Tuscany and belongs to the metropolitan city of Florence .
geography
Castelfiorentino is located about 30 km southwest of the city of Florence on the Via Francigena and on the Elsa River , which spends 11 km in the municipality. Other important bodies of water are the Torrenti Ormicello (6 of 9 km in the municipal area) and Pesciola (5 of 9 km in the municipal area). The municipality is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 1 692 GG.
The districts include Cambiano (47 m, approx. 560 inhabitants), Castelnuovo d'Elsa (122 m, approx. 500 inhabitants), Coiano , Dogana (44 m, approx. 460 inhabitants), Fontanella (39 m, approx. 150 Inhabitants, partly also belongs to Empoli-Sant'Andrea) and Petrazzi (57 m, approx. 300 inhabitants).
The neighboring municipalities are Certaldo , Empoli , Gambassi Terme , Montaione , Montespertoli and San Miniato ( PI ).
history
The Romans called this place Timignano. The place first belonged to the Cadolingi family and then to the Count Alberti . The Count Alberti sold the place to Florence in 1149, who introduced the new place name Castelfiorentino , but the rulers remained in the place ( confirmed by Frederick I in 1164 and Otto IV in 1210 ). The first documented Podestà was Forese di Buonaccorso Adimari , mentioned in 1252 and sent from Florence. After the battle of Montaperti on September 4, 1260 and the associated defeat of Florence against Siena , the peace negotiations and the signing of the peace treaty took place here.
Attractions
- Collegiata dei Santi Lorenzo e Leonardo , church in the town center near the town hall, dates from the 13th to 14th centuries.
- Pieve dei Santi Ippolito e Biagio , Pieve at the highest point of the town center, was built in 1195 over the older church of San Biagio (built before the 10th century). One of the two bells of the campanile was made in 1253.
- Santuario di Santa Verdiana . Originated above the Oratorio di Sant'Antonio, where St. Verdiana lived. The current facade was created by Bernardo Fallani in the late 18th century. Also contains the Museo di Santa Verdiana museum .
- Chiesa di San Francesco , church from the early 14th century. Contains works by Cenni di Francesco di ser Cenni and Giovanni del Biondo ( Stimmate , Morte di San Francesco , Martirio di San Paolo and Martirio di San Pietro , circle of frescoes).
- Pieve di Sant'Ippolito a Elsa , Pieve, approx. 1 km east of the town center.
- Chiesa di San Pietro a Pisangoli , church just outside and above the town center.
- BEGO-Museo Benozzo Gozzoli , museum dedicated to Benozzo Gozzoli .
- The Teatro del Popolo (People's Theater) on Piazza Gramsci was built in the 19th century.
- The Oratorio dei Santi Lorenzo e Barbara is in the district of Castelnuovo d'Elsa .
traffic
- The closest connection points for long-distance traffic are on the Strada di grande comunicazione Firenze-Pisa-Livorno . The Empoli and Empoli ovest junctions are approx. 15 km north of Castelfiorentino.
- The place has a stop on the Empoli- Siena railway line . Florence can also be reached directly via Empoli.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Attavante degli Attavanti (1452 – around 1525), painter
- Michelangelo Tilli (1655–1740), doctor and botanist
- Angiolo Profeti (1918–1981), shot putter and discus thrower
- Giuseppe Ferrara (1932–2016), film critic, documentary filmmaker and film director
literature
- Rosanna Caterina Proto Pisani (Ed.): I luoghi della Fede: Empoli, il Valdarno inferiore e la Valdelsa fiorentina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46788-6 , pp. 138-150.
- Emanuele Repetti: CASTEL FIORENTINO in Val d'Elsa. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
- Touring Club Italiano : Firenze. Touring Editore, Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-365-4345-8 , p. 738 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ^ Official website of the municipality of Castelfiorentino , accessed on January 20, 2010
- ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Castelfiorentino , accessed on September 28, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on September 28 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
- ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on Fontanella, accessed on September 24, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Florence, accessed on September 28, 2015 (Italian)
- ^ A b Touring Club Italiano: Firenze.
- ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: CASTEL FIORENTINO in Val d'Elsa.
- ↑ a b c Rosanna Caterina Proto Pisani (ed.): I luoghi della Fede: Empoli, il Valdarno inferiore e la Valdelsa fiorentina.
- ↑ Website of the Museo Benozzo Gozzoli , accessed on September 28, 2015 (Italian)