Castellina in Chianti

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Castellina in Chianti
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Castellina in Chianti (Italy)
Castellina in Chianti
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
Coordinates 43 ° 28 ′  N , 11 ° 17 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 28 ′ 9 ″  N , 11 ° 17 ′ 19 ″  E
height 578  m slm
surface 99.48 km²
Residents 2,807 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 28 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 53011
prefix 0577
ISTAT number 052005
Popular name Castellinesi
Patron saint San Fausto (September 18)
Website Castellina
Panorama of Castellina in Chianti
Panorama of Castellina in Chianti

Castellina in Chianti (mostly just Castellina) is a municipality in the province of Siena , in the Tuscany region in Italy with 2807 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Location of Castellina in Chianti in the province of Siena
Rocca di Castellina , today's town hall

The place extends over 99.48  km² , the population density is about 22.66 inhabitants / km². It is located about 15 km northwest of Siena and about 35 km south of Florence between the valleys of the Arbia , which rises in the municipality, the Elsa and the Pesa . In addition, the Staggia River flows through the municipality. The place is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2326 GG.

The municipality includes the districts ( Frazioni ) Canale, Casanuova di Pietrafitta, Caselle Sant'Agnese, Cavallari, Crocefiorentina, Fioraie, Fonterutoli , Lilliano, Macie, Piazza, Rencine, San Leonino, San Quirico, Santa Maria a Grignano, Sant'Agnese and Tregole.

The neighboring municipalities are Barberino Tavarnelle ( FI ), Castelnuovo Berardenga , Greve in Chianti (FI), Monteriggioni , Poggibonsi and Radda in Chianti .

Castellina is located in the Chianti Classico wine-growing region and is characterized by great differences in altitude. The main town is at an altitude of 578 meters, while Castellina Scalo, which belongs to the municipality of Monteriggioni but houses the Castellina train station, is around 180 m. The highest point in the municipality is at 626 m on Monte Cavallaro.

history

Probably of Etruscan origin, Castellina was known as Salingolpe in the Middle Ages . The castle, first mentioned in the 11th century , was converted into a fortress in the 15th century , from which the Rocca di Castellina in Chianti can still be visited today. The Museo archeologico del Chianti Senese was established inside this fortification in 2006 . In addition to the many archaeological finds from the area around Castellina, the landmark of the museum stands out in particular: a big cat's head made of sandstone that sticks out its tongue. The artifact belongs with an Etruscan chariot and painted clay vessels from the 7th to 6th centuries BC. Chr. To the excavation finds that before the First World War in the tumulus were made of Monte Calvario.

Attractions

Church Chiesa di San Salvatore , main church in the town center
Via delle Volte
Church Chiesa di San Giorgio in Piazza , north of Castellina
  • Castello di Fonterutoli (Fons Rutili, Fonte di Rutilio), 12th century castello. The first owners were the gentlemen from Staggia Senese . In 1208 an agreement on Poggibonsi was signed between the rival republics of Siena and Florence.
  • Castello di Grignano , first mentioned around the year 1000, later came into the possession of the Conti Guidi and was destroyed in 1452 by Ferdinando di Aragona . Was then rebuilt by Florence.
  • Castello di Monternano , castle ruins west of the main town owned by the Squarcialupi family , who came into possession of Florence in 1254.
  • Castello di Rencine , today's castle ruins near Monteriggioni. Erected before the year 1000 and destroyed by Siena on June 23, 1478 in conflict with Florence.
  • Chiesa di Santa Cristina a Lilliano in the district of Lilliano, Romanesque church. Contains works by Aldo Marzi ( Sant'Elisabetta d'Ungheria e Sant'Andrea (1943) and Madonna del Rosario (1950)) and Aldo Ongaro ( Santa Cristina e storie della sua vita (1960)). The 17th-century work Madonna del Rosario tra i Santi Domenico e Francesco is now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena .
  • Chiesa di San Giorgio in Piazza , church mentioned in 1084. Contains the work Madonna col Bambino ei Santi Giorgio e Francesco from the workshop of Cosimo Rosselli . Located in the district of Piazza in the northern municipality
  • Chiesa di San Giusto a Ricavo , Romanesque church from 1176.
  • Pieve di San Leonino in Conio , church from the 12th century.
  • Chiesa di San Michele a Rencine , Romanesque church near the Badia a Isola .
  • Chiesa di San Martino a Cispiano , Romanesque church mentioned in 998.
  • Chiesa di San Niccolò a Sterzi , church from the 14th century, was restored in the 16th century.
  • Chiesa di San Quirico a Monternano , first mentioned in 1140.
  • Chiesa di San Salvatore , medieval church in the town center, rebuilt after war damage.
  • Chiesa di Santo Stefano a Protine , Romanesque church from 1176.
  • Necropoli del Poggino , burial place of the Etruscans west of the Fonterutoli district.
  • Pieve di Sant'Agnese , Pieve created in 1046 . Contains the work Madonna col Bambino e Santi by Bicci di Lorenzo .
  • Rocca di Castellina in Chianti , today's town hall, was restored in 1927
  • Tumulo di Montecalvario , burial place of the Etruscans from the 6th to 7th centuries BC, just north of the town center.
  • Via delle Volte , tunnel along the city wall.
  • Villa Bargagli , also called Villa Busona , building from the 16th century.
  • Villa Casafrassi , a building from 1840 with a fountain by Luigi Collicini from 1847. The villa was restored and extended in 1931.

traffic

  • The place has the stop Castellina in Chianti-Monteriggioni on the railway line Empoli-Siena, which is however in Castellina Scalo, a district of Monteriggioni.
  • The place is on the provincial road SP 222 (also called Via Chiantigiana ), which leads from Florence to Siena.
  • The historic Via Cassia is located in the south-western municipality , and here is the same as the Via Francigena . In the Middle Ages, varients of the Francigena ran through the town.
  • The place is connected to the Raccordo autostradale 3 by the junction Monteriggioni (approx. 10 km southwest of the main town).

Town twinning

Castellina has a partnership with the westfranzösischem place Martigné-Briand .

literature

Web links

Commons : Castellina in Chianti  - 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 December 14, 2012 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on December 14, 2012 (Italian)
  4. ↑ comune.castellina.si.it: Museo archeologico del Chianti senese ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2017 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. (Italian, accessed on May 11, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.comune.castellina.si.it
  5. ↑ a b c d cf. Enrico Bosi, Giovanna Magi: I Castelli del Chianti
  6. ↑ a b c d e cf. I percorsi della Via Francigena nelle terre di Siena
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i cf. Gabriela Fattorini in: I Luoghi della Fede. Il Chianti e la Valdelsa Senese
  8. ↑ cf. Guaita p. 347 f.
  9. ↑ cf. Guaita p. 360 f.