Castellina Marittima

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Castellina Marittima
coat of arms
Castellina Marittima (Italy)
Castellina Marittima
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Pisa  (PI)
Coordinates 43 ° 25 '  N , 10 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 24 '46 "  N , 10 ° 34' 38"  E
height 375  m slm
surface 45.71 km²
Residents 1,924 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 42 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 56040
prefix 050
ISTAT number 050010
Popular name Castellinesi
Patron saint San Giovanni Decollato (August 29)
Website Castellina Marittima municipality
Panorama of Castellina Marittima
Panorama of Castellina Marittima

Castellina Marittima is a municipality with 1924 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of Castellina Marittima in the province of Pisa
Main church of San Giovanni Decollato

The community extends over approx. 46  km² . It is located approx. 70 km southwest of the regional capital Florence and 35 km south of the provincial capital Pisa in the Montescudaio wine-growing region . The place is located between the mountains Monte Passera and Monte Marmolaio in the higher part of the valley around the river Fine in the Valle del Fine , without being on the river. It is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 2 045 GR / G. The churches of the place are in the Archdiocese of Pisa .

The districts include Le Badie , Malandrone and Terriccio .

The neighboring municipalities are Cecina ( LI ), Chianni , Riparbella , Rosignano Marittimo (LI) and Santa Luce .

history

The place was first mentioned in writing in 1200, when he was drafting his constitution . Under Ugo di Giovanni della Gherardesca (Count of Montescudaio and Vicar of Pisa and for the Maremma ), known as Bacarozzo, the place rebelled against the rule of Pisa in 1345. The uprising was put down and the place remained under the rule of Pisa until 1406. On October 25, 1406, the parish of Florence was subjugated. On March 17, 1628, Grand Duke Ferdinando II. De 'Medici handed over the place to feudal rule to Lorenzo de' Medici (1599-1648) from a Neapolitan branch line of the Medici . With the abolition of feudal rule in 1776 by Leopold II , the place fell back to the Duchy of Tuscany . After the end of the Napoleonic occupation in 1815, the place was again under the Duchy of Florence until the unification of Italy , then it was divided into the new province of Pisa. The district of Terriccio with the Gaetani castle belonged to this family from 962 until the early 19th century.

Attractions

The former pieve and today's chapel of San Giovanni Battista
The Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro museum in the town center
  • Pieve di San Giovanni Decollato in the first years of, 18th century, resulting Pieve outside the historic center, which took the title of San Giovanni Battista (from the village) short. The church was severely damaged in World War II , but still contains two alabaster pillars from the old high altar and a wooden statue ( Crocifisso ) from the 17th century.
  • Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista , former Romanesque pieve and today's chapel on the road to Le Badie.
  • Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro , alabaster museum in the town center.
  • Le Badie , today's district, which was formerly called Moxi and had two abbeys. Today nothing is left of the Badia di San Quirico , a few pieces of the wall of the Badia di San Salvatore have been preserved. Both originated around the year 1000.
Stupa for Peace on Via del Commercio

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: CASTELLINA MARITTIMA in Val di Fine. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
  • Franco Lessi (a cura di): I Luoghi della Fede. Volterra e la Val di Cecina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46773-8

Web links

Commons : Castellina Marittima  - 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. ↑ a b c d Lessi: I Luoghi della Fede.
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on June 12, 2017 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castellina Marittima, accessed on March 26, 2010 (comunecastellina.it, no longer available)
  5. ↑ The Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro on the website of the municipality of Castellina Marittima , accessed on June 13, 2017 (Italian)