Collodi
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Pistoia (PT) | ||
| local community | Pescia | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ' N , 10 ° 40' E | ||
| height | 125 m slm | ||
| Residents | 3,408 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 0572 | CAP | 51012 |
Collodi is a fraction of Pescia in Tuscany . The place was best known through the Pinocchio creator Carlo Lorenzini , who took the place name as a pseudonym. Collodi was the birthplace of his mother and Lorenzini spent much of his childhood here.
geography
Collodi is a district of Pescia and lies between Lucca (14 km southwest) and the provincial capital Pistoia (21 km northeast) at 125 meters above sea level and has about 3400 inhabitants.
history
The ancient city and the castle of Collodi were first mentioned in a document towards the end of the 12th century. At that time, wars made it necessary to build it; the population had to be brought out of the valley to safety. A castle was built on the hill of Colle di Odo .
Since the castle grounds lay on the border between the areas of the cities of Lucca and Florence , it meant that from 1329 the place repeatedly gave rise to violent disputes between the cities. It would take more than a hundred years to resolve the dispute. Collodi became one of the fortified outposts of Lucca, which brought abundant trade into the village. Olive trade, silk transports and the knowledge of making paper found their way into Collodi.
Attractions
Collodi is best known for the Villa Garzoni and the Pinocchio Park (" Parco di Pinocchio "), which has existed since 1956 .
The original city layout is well preserved and can be easily explored on foot. Below is the Villa Garzoni with its extensive gardens, from the upper part there is a broad view over the country. Only the ruins of the tower have survived from the castle complex; it is privately owned today.
In the upper part of the village is the Chapel of San Bartolomeo from the 12th century with several art treasures: a picture of the Virgin on the throne from the 16th century and a wooden sculpture of the Virgin and Child from the 15th century. From the same period comes a representation of the holy Lucia from terracotta , probably from the school of Matteo Civitali comes and another wooden sculpture representing the Holy Bartholomew shows. It probably comes from the school of Jacopo della Quercia . The church is open every Sunday afternoon.
Ruin of the defense tower
Chapel of St. Bartolomeo
13th century chapel
Staircase to the lower part of the village
Parco di Pinocchio
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: COLLODI di Valle Ariana sulla Pescia minore. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
- Touring Club Italiano : Toscana , Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 272 f.
Web links
- Garzoni Garden + Pinocchio Park + Butterfly House (multilingual)
Individual evidence
- ↑ TCI
- ↑ La Frazione di Collodi with the population figures from 2011, accessed on June 21, 2019 (Italian)