Formons

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Formons
The Formone near the Località Rimbecca shortly before the inflow into the Orcia

The Formone near the Località Rimbecca shortly before the inflow into the Orcia

Data
location Tuscany ( Province of Siena ), Italy
River system Ombrone
Drain over Orcia  → Ombrone  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district Appennino Settentrionale
source North of Abbadia San Salvatore on Monte Amiata
42 ° 54 ′ 41 ″  N , 11 ° 42 ′ 8 ″  E
muzzle Northern municipal boundary from Castiglione d'Orcia and Radicofani to Pienza in the Orcia coordinates: 43 ° 1 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 58 ″  E, 43 ° 1 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 43 ′ 58 ″  E

length 16 km
Left tributaries Fosso Bianco
Right tributaries Formoncino
Communities Abbadia San Salvatore , Castiglione d'Orcia , Radicofani
Navigable No

The Formone is a 16 km long river ( Torrente ) in the Val d'Orcia in the region Tuscany in Italy, the Province of Siena crosses from south to north and the northern municipalities of Castiglione d'Orcia and Radicofani to Pienza as a left tributary of the Orcia opens .

course

The river has its source at a western branch of the Monte Amiata mountain near the Poggio Cirillo (706 m) and the Pianoro dello Zoccolino , an area north of the center of Abbadia San Salvatore and south of Bagni San Filippo (district of Castiglione d'Orcia). He spends a total of 3 km in the municipality of Abbadia San Salvatore. From here it flows briefly to the east and passes under the Via Cassia (here coincides with the Via Francigena ), where it joins the Fosso Formoncino , which is less than 1 km long . From here it runs as a border river between Abbadia San Salvatore and Radicofani to the north. After about a kilometer, at the level of Bagni San Filippo, it becomes the border river between Castiglione d'Orcia (west) and Radicofani (east of the Formone), which it remains until its mouth. Here the 2 km long Fosso Bianco enters from the left, which brings in the thermal waters of Bagni San Filippo near the bridge Ponte sul Formone (435 m, also Ponte del Formone ). First the Torrente then runs parallel to Via Cassia for a few kilometers and passes the old post office of Ricorsi (belonged to Campiglia d'Orcia ), then it turns slightly to the northeast and follows the provincial road Strada Provinciale SP 40a . On the left there are calanchi and biancans made of clay minerals , on the right there is the town of Contignano and then the fortress Castelvecchio d'Orcia (also called Castelvecchio di Radicofani) with the parish church of Sant'Eustachio a Castelvecchio.

In the municipality of Castiglione d'Orcia the river is 6 km and that of Radicofani 7 km. After the Podere Molinello , the Formone flows into the Orcia as a left tributary .

Since 1995 the Crete dell'Orcia e del Formone area has been part of the Natura 2000 reserve .

photos

  • The Formone at the Ponte sul Formone bridges (in front) and the newer bridge of the Via Cassia

  • The Biancane near Rimbecca

  • Confluence of Formone (above) and Orcia , in the background Monte Amiata with Campiglia d'Orcia

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SIRA
  2. ↑ a b Fiumi.com for Torrente Formone
  3. ↑ Emanuele Repetti: FORMONE torrente in Val d'Orcia.
  4. ↑ Website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the Fosso Formoncino, accessed on December 10, 2014 (Italian)
  5. ^ Website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on Fosso Bianco, accessed on December 10, 2014 (Italian)
  6. ^ Touring Club Italiano : Guida-Itinerario dell'Italia e di parte dei Paesi limitrofi. Milan 1901, p. 9. ( online version at archive.org , accessed December 10, 2014, Italian)
  7. ^ Emanuele Repetti: in Val d'Orcia. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), accessed December 10, 2014 (Italian)
  8. ↑ Calanchi e Biancane sul Torrente Formone , Geopassaggi della Toscana, University of Siena, accessed on December 6, 2014 (Italian)
  9. ^ Emanuele Repetti: d'Orcia. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), accessed December 10, 2014 (Italian)
  10. ↑ Crete dell'Orcia e del Formone on the website of the European Environment Agency (EEA), accessed on December 6, 2014 (English)