Foiano della Chiana

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Foiano della Chiana
coat of arms
Foiano della Chiana (Italy)
Foiano della Chiana
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
Coordinates 43 ° 15 '  N , 11 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 15 '24 "  N , 11 ° 48' 59"  E
height 318  m slm
surface 40.82 km²
Residents 9,465 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 232 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 52045
prefix 0575
ISTAT number 051018
Popular name Foianesi
Patron saint San Martino
(November 11th)
Website Foiano della Chiana
Foiano della Chiana
Foiano della Chiana

Foiano della Chiana is an Italian municipality with 9465 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of Foiano della Chiana in the province of Arezzo

The community extends over around 41 km². It is located about 25 km south of the provincial capital Arezzo and 90 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Chiana Valley . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2 121 GG. The most important bodies of water in the municipality include the Chiani and the Torrente Esse (8 of 29 km in the municipality).

The districts include Case Nuove, La Pace, Ponte al Ramo, Pozzo della Chiana , Renzino and Santa Luce.

The neighboring municipalities are Castiglion Fiorentino , Cortona , Lucignano , Marciano della Chiana and Sinalunga ( SI ).

history

The first inhabitants of today's community were the Etruscans , dating back to the 6th century BC. BC. In Roman times occupied by this, the place was first mentioned in 1084, when he was able to explain to the free commune and gave up their own statutes. In the 12th century , the place briefly fell under the control of the Republic of Siena , which shortly thereafter lost control to Arezzo. In 1336 the place fell to the Florentines, who built the city walls and fought against several attempts by Arezzo to recapture the place. In 1387 Foiano again achieved the status of commune, this time under the leadership of the Republic of Florence. The Battle of Scannagallo ( Battaglia di Scannagallo , also called Battaglia di Marciano ) took place on August 2, 1554 in the district of Pozzo della Chiana . The Republic of Florence under Gian Giacomo Medici defeated the Republic of Siena under Piero Strozzi and thus advanced further towards Siena, in order to finally take it in 1555. With Florence, Foiano was also incorporated into the Duchy of Tuscany . In 1788, Grand Duke Leopold I commissioned Vittorio Fossombroni from Arezzo to complete the construction of drains to make the swamps of the Chiana Valley fertile. With the exception of the Napoleonic occupation from 1799 to 1814, the municipality remained in the Duchy of Tuscany until the unification of Italy and was then added to the province of Arezzo.

Like almost all places in the province, Foiano suffered greatly from the German occupation and the withdrawal of them during World War II. The English military cemetery that still exists today is a witness of this time.

Attractions

The town hall, the Torre Civica and the war memorial in the main square, Piazza Cavour
The Collegiata dei Santi Martino e Leonardo in the town center
The church of San Biagio in the district of Pozzo della Chiana
The Foiano della Chiana War Cemetery
  • Collegiata di San Martino (Santi Martino e Leonardo), main church in the town center. Originated in the 16th century and took the name from Pieve San Martino, mentioned in 1018 , which lay in the valley below the village and was finally destroyed in 1783. The current church in the town center was completed in 1563 and later renovated with stones from the old Pieve (Pieve Vecchia). Contains the work Incoronazione della Vergine con Angeli e Santi by Luca Signorelli from 1523 and the work Madonna della Cintola con i Santi Tommaso e Leonardo by Andrea Della Robbia . Other works of art are by Raffaello Vanni and Antonio Circignani (Il Pomarancio).
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria della Fraternità (also called Chiesa di Sant'Eufemia ), church in the town center. Contains a work by Andrea della Robbia.
  • Chiesa della Santissima Trinità , church in the town center from the 16th century. Contains the work Trinità from 1614 by Antonio Circignani (Il Pomarancio) .
  • Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , church in the town center with the adjoining Dominican convent . The church was built in the 14th century. In 1561 the war damage caused by the conflict between Siena and Florence was repaired. Contains works by Della Robbia , Lorenzo Lippi ( Madonna del Rosario from San Domenico e Santa Caterina da Siena , created in 1652) and Andrea Commodi ( Natività di Maria , created around 1610).
  • Chiesa di Santo Stefano Protomartire , former church in the town center, which was built in 1647. Was active as part of the monastery of the same name until the 19th century.
  • Monumento al Milite Ignoto (Monument to the Unknown Soldier), bronze monument in the main square, Piazza Cavour, built in 1923.
  • Chiesa di San Francesco , church and convent just outside the town center on the road to Pozzo, which has also served as a hospital since 1818. Contains the work Cristo e la Vergine che intercedono presso l'Eterno by Andrea della Robbia .
  • Monumento ai Caduti , memorial to the fallen of war in Pozzo della Chiana. Created in 1923. After the Second World War, the names of those who fell here were added.
  • Tempio di Santo Stefano della Vittoria in the district of Pozzo della Chiana. The temple was built in 1569 not far from the site of the battle as a reminder of the victory of the Florentines against Siena on August 2, 1554 in the battle of Scannagallo , which one year later contributed mainly to the defeat of Siena. The realization of the temple is attributed to Bartolomeo Ammanati and Giorgio Vasari . The inscription below the Medici coat of arms reads Cosmus Medices Magnus Dux Etruriae .
  • Chiesa di San Biagio , church in the district of Pozzo della Chiana, which was built in 1953 over the remains of the church, which was destroyed in 1944.
  • Oratorio del Santissimo Sacramento , oratory in the center of Pozzo della Chiana. Made in 1601.
  • Cimitero militare inglese (Foiano della Chiana War Cemetery), English military cemetery from 1944 with 256 graves in the Località Renzino just outside the town center.
  • Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie , church in Renzino, consecrated in 1593.
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pace , church in La Pace, 16th century.
  • Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine , church just outside the town center on the road to Sinalunga. Made in 1611.
  • Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie , oratorio in the Località Porto a Brolio, 16th century.
  • Oratorio del Santissimo Crocifisso , oratorio just outside Ponte a Ramo (Ponte al Ramo, al Rame), which was created in 1698.
  • Oratorio di San Lorenzo , oratory in the district of Santa Luce. Was consecrated on January 23, 1696.
  • Oratorio della Madonna delle Querce , oratorio at Le Querce. Originated in 1611 by the Querci family.

traffic

The Foiano della Chiana train station
  • The place is about 4 km north of the Valdichiana junction on the A1 (part of the Autostrada del Sole )
  • The Foiano della Chiana junction is on Raccordo autostradale 6 (RA 6). It is located about 2 km southeast of the town center.
  • The place is connected to the rail network via the Foiano della Chiana stop . It lies on the Sinalunga-Arezzo railway line and is about 2 km southwest of the town center.

Sons and daughters of the church

  • Guido Zurli (born January 9, 1929 in Foiano della Chiana; † October 23, 2009), film director
  • Valentina Giovagnini (born April 6, 1980 in Pozzo della Chiana; † January 2, 2009), singer

literature

Web links

Commons : Foiano della Chiana  - 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. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on February 20, 2015 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Foiano della Chiana , accessed on February 20, 2015 (Italian)
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Foiano in Piazza to the churches in Foiano della Chiana  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 22, 2017 (Italian)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.foianoinpiazza.it  
  6. ^ Pietre della Memoria on the monument in Foiano della Chiana, accessed on March 22, 2017 (Italian)
  7. ^ Pietre della Memoria on the monument in Pozzo della Chiana, accessed on March 22, 2017 (Italian)
  8. ↑ The Foiano della Chiana War Cemetery on the pages of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission , accessed on February 21, 2015 (English)