Castiglion Fiorentino

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Castiglion Fiorentino
coat of arms
Castiglion Fiorentino (Italy)
Castiglion Fiorentino
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
Coordinates 43 ° 21 '  N , 11 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 20 '38 "  N , 11 ° 55' 8"  E
height 342  m slm
surface 113.19 km²
Residents 13,183 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 116 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 52043
prefix 0575
ISTAT number 051012
Popular name Castiglionesi
Patron saint San Michele
(May 8th)
Website Castiglion Fiorentino
Panorama of Castiglion Fiorentino
Panorama of Castiglion Fiorentino

Castiglion Fiorentino is an Italian municipality (comune) with 13,183 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .

geography

Location of Castiglion Fiorentino in the province of Arezzo

Castiglion Fiorentino is located about 15 km south of the provincial capital Arezzo and 80 km southeast of the regional capital Florence at 342  m slm in the foothills of the Apennines between the valleys Valdichiana and Val di Chio. It lies in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in Zone E, 2 159 GR / G. The mild climate and fertile soil provide good cultivation opportunities in agriculture . The most important bodies of water in the municipality include the Torrenti Mucchia (7 of 24 km in the municipality) and Nestore (4 of 14 km in the municipality) and the Canale maestro della Chiana (7 of 51 km in the municipality).

The districts ( frazioni ) include Brolio , Castroncello (259 m, approx. 200 inhabitants), Cozzano , La Badia , Rocca Montanina , La Nave (249 m, approx. 200 inhabitants), Mammi (505 m, approx. 15 inhabitants) , Manciano La Misericordia (255 m, approx. 430 inhabitants), Montecchio Vesponi , Noceta in Val di Chio , Orzale , Osteria (284 m, approx. 280 inhabitants), Pergognano , Petreto , Pieve di Chio (296 m, approx. 30 Inhabitants), Pievuccia , Polvano , Ranchetto , Ristonchia (489 m, approx. 5 inhabitants), Santa Cristina in Val di Chio (289 m, approx. 80 inhabitants), Santa Lucia , Santa Margherita in Val di Chio , Santo Stefano , Senaia and Valuberti .

The municipal area is delimited to the north by the municipality of Arezzo and to the south and east by the municipality of Cortona . The neighboring communities to the west are Foiano della Chiana and Marciano della Chiana .

history

  • 6th century BC BC: First settlements by Etruscans .
  • 202 BC Chr .: The place is mentioned by Publius Cornelius Scipio .
  • 10th century: The name Castiglione appears for the first time.
  • 1289: Castiglion Fiorentino comes under the rule of Florence .
  • 1799: French take the place.
  • 1814: After Napoleon , the place becomes Italian again and from now on belongs to Tuscany .

Attractions

The Collegiata San Giuliano
The Torre del Cassero
  • Chiesa di Sant'Angelo al Cassero , former church mentioned in 1191. Was Pieve from the 12th century until 1325 and then lost the title to San Giuliano. Today it is the seat of the Pinacoteca .
  • Collegiata di San Giuliano , a church built in 1840 from the Pieve Vecchia and parts of the Santa Maria Novella church . Contains by Bartolomeo della Gatta the work Madonna con Bambino in trono ei Santi Pietro, Paolo, Giuliano e Michele (1486) and by Segna di Bonaventura a Madonna in trono , also known as Maestà (comes from Pieve Vecchia , also Pieve di San Giuliano ) .
  • Chiesa di Sant'Agostino , 13th century church that was taken over by the Augustinians in 1333. Contains the work La probatica piscina by Giovanni Battista Paggi .
  • Chiesa di San Francesco , church built in the 13th century. Contains the work Crocifissione (1594) by Francesco Morandini (called Il Poppi ) and a Vocazione di San Matteo (around 1650) by Salvi Castellucci .
  • Chiesa di Santo Stefano , also called San Lazzo , church consecrated in 1350.
  • Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie del Rivaio , church just outside the city walls near the Porta Fiorentina, which was consecrated in 1624. Contains the Baccio da Montelupo-like wooden cross Crocifisso.
  • Chiesa della Madonna della Consolazione , church near the Porta Romana, built in 1607.
  • Pieve dei Santi Ippolito e Cassiano in the district of Retina, probably built in the 8th century.
  • Palazzo Comunale , 16th century town hall, restored in 1935.
  • Torre del Cassero , tower in the center of the castle, built in the 14th century on the basis of a previous Etruscan structure.
  • Museo Archeologico
  • Villa La Fontina , villa just outside the city walls. Was first documented on February 28, 1666 when Baldassarre Bolognini built the adjacent chapel of the Santissima Annunziata. Has belonged to the Brozzi family since then and was passed on to the Corgna in 1963 .

Events

  • Palio dei Rioni di Castiglion Fiorentino , since 1932 (annually since 1977) held Palio of the city thirds Cassero (white and blue), Porta Fiorentina (green and orange) and Porta Romana (red and yellow). The horse race takes place every third Sunday in June in Piazza Garibaldi .

economy

The region is strongly influenced by agriculture, mainly cereals , olives , grapes and various types of vegetables are grown.

Town twinning

It has been twinned with the municipality of Ronda in Spain since 1996 and with La Charité-sur-Loire in France since 2004 .

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Castiglion Fiorentino  - 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 e f g h Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina.
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on June 23, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Castiglion Fiorentino , accessed on March 7, 2015 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Arezzo, accessed on March 6, 2015 (Italian)
  6. ^ A b Touring Club Italiano: Toscana.
  7. ^ Ovidio Guaita: Le Ville della Toscana. Newton & Compton Editori, Rome 1997, ISBN 88-8183-787-0 , p. 23 f.
  8. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castiglion Fiorentino on the Palio of the Thirds of the City ( Memento of the original of February 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 7, 2015 (with subpages, Italian)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.comune.castiglionfiorentino.ar.it