Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni

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Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni
CastelnuovoDeiSabbioniCavrigliaPanorama2.jpg
Panorama of Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
local community Cavriglia
Coordinates 43 ° 32 '  N , 11 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 32 '27 "  N , 11 ° 27' 8"  E
height 280  m slm
Residents 1,242 (2011)
Telephone code 055 CAP 52022

Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni (also Castelnuovo d'Avane or Castelnuovo di Cavriglia ) is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality of Cavriglia in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .

geography

The place is about 3.5 km northwest of the capital Cavriglia, about 35 km west of the provincial capital Arezzo and about 30 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the upper Arno valley . The place is at 280  m slm and had 1083 inhabitants in 2001. In 2011 there were 1242 inhabitants. The place consists of the medieval, almost abandoned part (Borgo vecchio) and the new place just south of the former castle.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1120 as a Castrum Novum in a document from the Badia a Coltibuono monastery . In the Battle of Montaperti in 1260, the place fought on the side of Florence. Despite the lost battle, the place remained under the control of Florence, on October 5, 1294 Giano della Bella regained its full rights from Florence and became part of the Lega d'Avane. On July 4, 1944, the were massacres of Cavriglia by Parachute Panzer Division 1 Hermann Goering in Del Lago 73 people killed. From 1956 the Borgo vecchio was gradually depopulated to give way to the lignite mining of the Enel . In 2002 the municipality of Cavriglia bought the Borgo vecchio from the Enel, in 2012 the mining museum was opened there on the left side of the church.

Attractions

The Church of San Donato in Borgo Vecchio
  • San Donato , former church in the center of Borgo Vecchio. The church was built on parts of the former castle.
  • Museo delle Miniere e del Territorio , mining museum
  • San Donato , 20th century church belonging to the diocese of Fiesole .
  • Murales , murales of 76 m length and an area of ​​305  m² from Venturino Venturi . The metal sculpture Uomo che si libra (also Monumento ai caduti della resistenza ) was created in 1985, the Murales until 1991. The work was inaugurated on July 4, 1992.

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: AVANE (CASTEL NUOVO D ') o CASTELNUOVO DI CAVRIGLIA. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: AVANE (CASTEL NUOVO D ') o CASTELNUOVO DI CAVRIGLIA.
  2. ↑ a b Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Arezzo, accessed on April 19, 2020 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Italia in dettaglio
  4. ↑ a b Website of the municipality of Cavriglia on Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni
  5. ^ A b Associazione Nazionale Comuni Italiani (ANCI): Da ghost town a Cittadella della Cultura: Antico Borgo di Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni - Comune di Cavriglia. Retrieved April 13, 2020
  6. ↑ Museo delle Miniere e del territorio (Mine) , accessed April 19, 2020
  7. ↑ parrocchiemap.it , accessed April 19, 2020
  8. ↑ Pietre della Memoria: 5552 - Monumento ai Caduti della Resistenza - Castelnuovo dei Sabbioni , accessed on April 19, 2020