Castagneto Carducci

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Castagneto Carducci
coat of arms
Castagneto Carducci (Italy)
Castagneto Carducci
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Livorno  (LI)
Coordinates 43 ° 10 '  N , 10 ° 37'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 9 '42 "  N , 10 ° 36' 43"  E
height 194  m slm
surface 142 km²
Residents 8,954 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 63 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 57022
prefix 0565
ISTAT number 049006
Popular name Castagnetani
Patron saint San Lorenzo
(August 10th)
Website Castagneto Carducci
Castagneto Carducci
Castagneto Carducci

Castagneto Carducci is an Italian commune with 8954 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Livorno in the Tuscany region .

geography

The community extends over approx. 142 km². The districts include Bolgheri , Donoratico and Marina di Castagneto.

The neighboring municipalities are Bibbona , Monteverdi Marittimo (PI) , San Vincenzo , Sassetta and Suvereto . Castagneto Carducci is located in the Sassicaia wine region and has a stop on the Pisa – Rome railway line .

history

The place has been known since 754 AD. Originally it was called Castagneto della Gherardesca , named after the della Gherardesca family who ruled the place . Around 1848 it was renamed Castagneto Marittimo . In 1907 the municipality decided to rename itself Castagneto Carducci - in honor of the poet Giosuè Carducci , who spent his childhood in Bolgheri and Castagneto - but also in memory of his father, who worked as a surgeon in these places for a long time and was one of the most determined Was an opponent of feudal rights and acted as a protagonist in the period of bourgeois ferment that preceded the movements of 1848 and the associated first renaming of Castagnetos.

Marina di Castagneto Carducci district

The district of the municipality on the Tyrrhenian Sea has a beautiful and well-kept sandy beach with the appropriate infrastructure.

Donoratico district

Most of the inhabitants of Castagneto live in the district of the municipality, which lies between the sea and Castagneto Carducci. There are numerous bars, restaurants, a disco, a campsite and a castle ruin. It was from this castle that the Pisan family Gherardesca took their title of count, who have also lived in the castle in Castagneto Carducci for around 1000 years.

Attractions

  • Propositura di San Lorenzo , built in 1212, was restored in 1926 at the instigation of Walfredo Della Gherardesca.
  • Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso , built in 1587 and restored in 1912
  • Palazzo Espinassi Moratti , Giosuè Carducci's residence until 1849
  • Castello di Bolgheri , castle of the Della Gherardesca family from the 13th century in the district of Bolgheri .
  • Castello di Donoratico , also called Torre di Donoratico , ruined castle or tower that was built in the 12th century by the della Gherardesca family.
  • Forte di Castagneto Carducci , fortress in the Marina di Castagneto district
  • Cavallino Matto , amusement park near Marina di Castagneto
  • Oasi di Bolgheri also Padule di Bolgheri , nature reserve
  • Viale dei Cipressi , approx. 5 km long avenue of cypress trees from San Guido to the entrance to Bolgheri, which was created on the initiative of Giosuè Carducci.

  • Panorama of Castagneto Carducci

  • Propositura di San Lorenzo

  • Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso

  • Bust of the poet Giosuè Carducci

  • Castello di Bolgheri

  • Forte di Castagneto Carducci

  • S. Maria Assunta Church in Marina di Castagneto

  • In the Padule di Bolgheri wetland ( fallow deer )

  • Viale dei Cipressi

literature

Web links

Commons : Castagneto Carducci  - 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. ↑ Official website - La Storia , accessed April 13, 2019 (Italian)