Faella

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Faella
Faella, Arezzo - Piazza Matteotti.JPG
View over Faella
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
local community Pian di Scò
Coordinates 43 ° 38 '  N , 11 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 37 '34 "  N , 11 ° 31' 0"  E
height 146  m slm
Residents 2.157 ()
Church day Natività della Beata Vergine Maria (September 8th)
Telephone code 055 CAP 52020

Faella is an Italian village that belongs to the municipality of Castelfranco Piandiscò in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .

geography

The place is in the upper Arno valley (Valdarno) about 35 km northwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and 30 km southeast of the regional capital Florence at 149  m slm

Faella is near the following places: Figline Valdarno , Castelfranco di Sopra , San Giovanni Valdarno and Reggello . The place is named after the 12 km long river of the same name, which flows through the Faella and flows into the Arno a few kilometers west .

history

In the 13th century, the church of San Michele and a castle were located on a hill near today's center. There are no more visible traces of these buildings today. This castle was first mentioned in 1168 when a Renuccino Ranieri assured the monks of the monastery of San Salvatore in Soffen that they would respect their territory.

In 1204 Faella belonged to the Da Quona family. During the Middle Ages it was incorporated into the county of Florence and was under the Florentine Signoria . When the city was divided into districts in 1250, Faella was assigned to the “Sesto di San Piero”. In the course of the reforms of Leopold II of 1773 Faella was added to the municipality of Castelfranco di Sopra and then in 1811 incorporated into the municipality of Pian di Scò. After the reorganization of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , Pian di Scò, and thus Faella, became part of the Province of Arezzo .

Faella was badly damaged on July 27, 1944. To slow down the Allied armies' invasion, German troops blew up buildings, roads and bridges. A large part of the historical structure of the village was destroyed. Until December 31, 2013, the place belonged to the municipality of Pian di Scò and then became part of the new municipality of Castelfranco Piandiscò with Pian di Scò.

Attractions

  • Santa Maria a Faella , parochial church in the town center. Was named the main church in 1637 and belongs to the diocese of Fiesole .
  • Balze di Faella , mountain formation with steep slopes near Faella.

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: FAELLA (Faella, e talvolta Favilla) nel Val d'Arno superiore. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) for the districts in the province of Arezzo (2001), accessed on December 7, 2012 (Italian)
  2. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the Faella River , accessed on April 24, 2014 (Italian)
  3. ^ Archivio di Stato di Firenze (State Archives of Florence), ”Diplomatico, S.Bartolomeo a Ripoli (Badia Vallombrosa)” , October 1168
  4. ^ Epistola al figlio Bernardo , edited by L. Mehus, Corciolani and Colli, Bologna , 1753
  5. ↑ Il Comune di Castelfranco Piandiscò (AR) , tuttitalia.it on the new municipality of Castelfranco Piandiscò, accessed on April 24, 2014 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Emanuele Repetti: fälla (Faella, e talvolta Favilla-) nel Val d'Arno superiore.