Gerfalco

Gerfalco
Panorama of Gerfalco
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Grosseto  (GR)
local community	Montieri
Coordinates	43 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 59'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '47 "  N , 10 ° 58' 46"  E
height	774  m slm
Residents	110 (2011)
Telephone code	0566	CAP	58020

Gerfalco is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Montieri in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 3.5 km northwest of the capital Montieri, about 45 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto and about 70 km south of the regional capital Florence in the mountain range of the Colline Metallifere . In 2001 the place had about 70 inhabitants. In 2011 there were around 110. The local churches belong to the diocese of Volterra . The rivers Cecina and Pavone have their source not far from the town .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1156 as a castle, about which the Bishop of Volterra , Galgano Pannocchieschi, was in dispute with his brother, Ranieri Pannocchieschi. After that, the Aldobrandeschi ruled as feudal lords of the Pannocchieschi, until a quarter of Montieri fell to Siena in 1181 and Gerfalco had to give loyalty to the Republic of Siena as a result. This act was renewed in 1263 in a treaty between the Pannocchieschi and the Republic of Siena. On October 16, 1317, the place submitted to Massa Marittima , but returned to the sphere of influence of the Republic of Siena on October 13, 1318 and renewed this agreement in 1331 and 1340. In the 15th century, the place experienced a decline. In the conflict between Siena and Florence the place surrendered in 1554 and became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany .

Attractions

The Church of San Biagio

• City walls with the access gates
  • Porta Fiorentina
  • Porta Senese
• San Biagio , church in the town center. San Biagio is the parish church of the village and has been documented since the church was consecrated in 1599 (inscription in the nave), but is probably of older origin. The altars were built in the 18th century and contain the canvases Sant'Anna e la Vergine , San Pietro , San Biagio and Sant'Antonio from the same century.
• Chiesa della Misericordia , church in the town center near the church of San Biagio, which was built in the 13th century. The facade was built in its current form in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century. The church was restored in 1982 and contains a 19th century wooden cross on the high altar.
• Sant'Agostino , church on the outskirts from the 14th century with a former monastery.
• Cappella dell'Avveduta , chapel below and west of the Cornate.
• Cornate di Gerfalco , mountain with 1060  m slm in the natural park Riserva naturale Cornate e Fosini .

photos

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  Fortified gate Porta Fiorentina

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  Fortified gate Porta Senese with the Torrione

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  The Chiesa della Misericordia church

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  The Church of Sant'Agostino

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  The chapel Cappella dell'Avveduta

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  The Cornate di Gerfalco mountain

literature

• Valentino Baldacci (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46786-X
• Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 , p. 24.
• Maurizio Occhetti, Fabio Torchio: Montieri. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 , p. 19.
• Emanuele Repetti: GERFALCO in Val di Cecina. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

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

• turismomontieri.it: Gerfalco: la meraviglia della geologia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on August 6, 2019 (Italian)
2. ↑ italia in dettaglio zu Gerfalco , accessed on August 6, 2019 (Italian)
3. ^ ^{A b} Emanuele Repetti: GERFALCO in Val di Cecina.
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Giuseppe Guerrini: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Occhetti / Torchio: Montieri.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Valentino Baldacci (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma.