Coiano

Coiano
Panorama of Coiano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
Metropolitan city	Florence  (FI)
local community	Castelfiorentino
Coordinates	43 ° 37 '  N , 10 ° 55'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 '11 "  N , 10 ° 54' 48"  E
height	182  m slm
Telephone code	0571	CAP	50051

Coiano (previously written Cojano ) is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Castelfiorentino in the metropolitan city of Florence , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

It is 4.5 km west of the capital Castelfiorentino and 32 km west of the provincial and regional capital Florence on the Via Francigena . The place is near the border to Montaione and San Miniato between the Egola and Elsa valleys at 182  meters above sea level .

history

The place was first documented as Sce Peter Currant by Sigerich the Serious on his way from Rome to Canterbury in 994. From the 13th century it was one of the 36 fortified structures that belonged to San Miniato. In 1369 the place was taken by Florence .

Attractions

The Pieve Pieve dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Coiano (2007)

• Castello di Coiano , castle that was already inhabited by the Albizzi , Pucci, Venturi and Masetti families.
• Pieve dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Coiano , Romanesque pieve , whose baptismal font and side altar were built around 1600 in the Baroque style. The church is first mentioned in writing in 1029 and belongs to the diocese of Volterra .

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: COJANO in Val d'Elsa. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846) , online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
• Sistema Museale della Valdelsa Fiorentina (ed.): Una via dell'arte in Toscana. Edizioni Cooperativa Firenze, Florence 2001, ISBN 88-88206-00-0 , p. 28.

Web links

Commons : Coiano (Castelfiorentino)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Castelfiorentino for the Castello di Coiano

Individual evidence

1. ^ Touring Club Italiano : Firenze. Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-365-4345-8 , p. 741.
2. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Castelfiorentino for the Pieve dei Santi Pietro e Paolo a Coiano , accessed on February 4, 2012 (Italian)

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