Ciciano

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Ciciano
CicianoChiusdinoPanorama1.jpg
Panorama of Ciciano
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
local community Chiusdino
Coordinates 43 ° 8 '  N , 11 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '28 "  N , 11 ° 4' 16"  E
height 506  m slm
Residents 307 (2001)
Telephone code 0577 CAP 53012

Ciciano is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Chiusdino in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Panorama from Piedi Ciciano

The place is about 2 km southwest of the capital Chiusdino, about 28 km southwest of the provincial capital Siena and about 70 km south of the regional capital Florence . Abbazia San Galgano Abbey is about 7 km to the east. The place is on the eastern edge of the Colline Metallifere and in the Merse Valley (Val di Merse) at 506  m . In 2001 the place had about 300 inhabitants. The river Merse runs about 1.5 km south of the village. The closest places are the main town Chiusdino and the municipality of Montieri ( Province of Grosseto , approx. 4 km to the west).

history

The first settlements arose in the 15th century on the road to Montieri. This part is now called Capo Ciciano . Today's center, called Piedi Ciciano , was built in the 16th century and grew steadily in the 17th and 18th centuries due to its location and proximity to the Merse. In 1640 the place had 69 inhabitants, in 1745 160 inhabitants and 378 inhabitants in 1833. The place then received further influx in the 19th century through the pyrite mines in Boccheggiano (municipality of Montieri, province of Grosseto), which are about 6 km south-west.

Attractions

The Church of Santa Maria Assunta
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta , church in the town center, which was built in 1619. Contains the 19th century wooden statue of Madonna col Bambino .
  • Oratorio di San Carlo Borromeo , oratorio in the town center. Includes a 19th century statue of San Carlo Borromeo.

Sports

In Ciciano the Sport Palla eh! carried out.

literature

  • Comune di Chiusdino (Ed.): Chiusdino. Il suo terretorio e l'abbazia di San Galgano. Nuova Immagine Editrice, Chiusdino 1995
  • Anna Maria Guiducci (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46774-6
  • Emanuele Repetti: CICIANO DI CHIUSDINO in Val di Merse. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Ciciano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: CICIANO DI CHIUSDINO in Val di Merse.
  2. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on May 18, 2017 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b c d Comune di Chiusdino (ed.): Chiusdino. Il suo terretorio e l'abbazia di San Galgano.
  4. ↑ a b c Anna Maria Guiducci (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse.
  5. ↑ a b c Pro Loco Chiusdino to Ciciano