Elmo (Tuscany)

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Elmo is a place in the Maremma region in Tuscany , Province of Grosseto in Italy , also a district (Frazione) of the municipality of Sorano .

geography

The place is located on the southeast side of Monte Elmo at an altitude of 510 meters. The place is at a crossroads: you can drive south from Elmo to Sorano, northeast to Montevitozzo or west to Montebuono . The distance to Sorano is about 12 km, to Grosseto it is just under 70 km.

Settlement geography

The settlement area of ​​the place consists of the main town Elmo (510 m above sea level, 39 residents) as well as the smaller settlements Casa Burlandi , Casa Monnoni and Il Poggiolo and the smaller towns Casa Sbraci (546 m above sea level, 18 residents), Il Palazzetto (485 m above sea level, 16 residents), Le Pianacce (485 m above sea level, 23 residents) and Pantagnone (571 m above sea level, 20 residents).

history

The land around Elmo was under the Grand Duke Cosimo III. de 'Medici a fiefdom that was called Ermo Vivo in 1707 . He had given it to Tommaso and Marcello Cervini. The two were nephews of the Bishop of Montepulciano . In 1749 the fiefdom was legally deleted, like all other fiefdoms in Tuscany .

Architectural monuments and sights

There are two places of worship in the village, an old church from the 16th century , which is now in ruins, and the new parish church of San Giovanni Decollato . In the latter there are three works of art that used to be seen in the old church: the Annunciazione (the Annunciation), the Vergine in trono con i Santi (Virgin enthroned with saints) and the Sposalizio della Vergine (the Marriage of the Virgin) .

Only ruins remain of the Abbey of Montecalvello. It was founded in the Middle Ages as a Benedictine monastery and became known through a stay by Ildebrando Aldobrandeschi von Soana, who later became Pope under the name of Gregory VII .

Population development

The population figures in the following table refer to the entire area of ​​Elmo including the smaller settlements up to 2001. Where numbers are given in brackets, they refer to the main town. Since the settlements were administratively recorded differently at the end of the 1990s, the figures from 2001 onwards only relate to the main town.

year Residents
1745 110
1833 245
1845 313
1921 503
1931 435
1961 347 (60)
1981 215 (44)
2001 44
2011 39

literature

  • Carlo Citter: Guida agli edifici sacri della Maremma. Nuova Immagine, Siena 2002.
  • Aldo Mazzolai: Guida della Maremma. Percorsi tra arte e natura. Le Lettere, Florence 1997.
  • Emanuele Repetti: Monte dell'Elmo - Villa dell'Elmo - Badia del Calvello. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Censimento Istat 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c Censimento Istat 1961 (last available data).
  3. ↑ La scheda della parrocchia di Elmo sul sito della Diocesi di Sovana-Pitigliano-Orbetello
  4. ↑ a b Main town only.

Coordinates: 42 ° 42 '  N , 11 ° 42'  E