Cornia (Tuscany)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Arezzo (AR) | ||
| local community | Civitella in Val di Chiana | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 24 ' N , 11 ° 41' E | ||
| Telephone code | 0575 | CAP | 52041 |
Cornia (also Cornia di Civitella ) is a former district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) and today's hamlet (località) of the Italian municipality of Civitella in Val di Chiana in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .
geography
The place is located about 3.5 km southwest of the main town Civitella in Val di Chiana, about 17 km southwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and about 55 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Ambratal at the transition to the Chiana valley (Val di Chiana). The ambergris flows about 6 km northwest, the Chiana about 10 east.
history
In the 11th century, the place was subordinate to the monks from Badia Agnano (today part of Bucine ). Its abbot made the place subject to the Republic of Florence in 1350. In 1774 Cornia became part of Civitella in Val di Chiana. In 1833 the place had 292 inhabitants. On June 29, 1944, Cornia was combed through by members of the Parachute Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring in search of partisans . The so-called anti - gang campaign degenerated into the Cornia massacre , in which at least 30 residents were murdered. Further troops of the 1st Paratrooper Division holed up in the village from July 3, 1944, which was then shelled by units of the 8th British Army . Several houses and the church tower were destroyed.
Attractions
- San Michele Arcangelo , church in the center of the village that belongs to the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro and was built around the 11th century. In 1274 the church was mentioned as belonging to the Pieve Santa Maria al Toppo (Pieve al Toppo). The interior was destroyed from July 3, 1944 by German soldiers who had holed up in the church, the church tower was bombed and destroyed by British troops.
- Monumento ai Caduti , memorial to those who were murdered in the town during the Civitella massacre in Val di Chiana, Cornia and San Pancrazio. The memorial was created in 1969 and stands in front of the Cornia cemetery.
Town center
The memorial for those murdered in 1944
The Cornia cemetery
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: CORNIA DI CIVITELLA in Val d'Ambra. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Emanuele Repetti: CORNIA DI CIVITELLA in Val d'Ambra.
- ↑ a b Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo <Cornia, Civitella in Val di Chiana> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on January 24, 2020 ( Italian)
- ↑ a b Civitella in Val di Chiana, Piano Strutturale: Repertorio dei beni di interest storico culturale architettonico ambientale
- ↑ Episodio di CIVITELLA IN VAL DI CHIANA June 29, 1944 (PDF, Italian), accessed on January 24, 2019
- ↑ a b Archivio della Memoria Civitella in Val di Chiana: Cornia , accessed on January 24, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Pietre della Memoria , accessed January 24, 2020 (Italian)