La Befa
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Murlo | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 7 ' N , 11 ° 24' E | ||
| height | 151 m slm | ||
| Residents | 34 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53016 |
La Befa is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality Murlo in the province of Siena in Tuscany .
geography
The place is located about 5 km south of the capital Murlo and about 23 km southeast of the provincial and regional capital Siena in the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino . La Befa is 151 m slm and in 2001 had about 30 inhabitants. In 2011 there were 34 residents. About 500 m south of the village, the Crevole river flows into the Ombrone as a right tributary .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1084, when the nuns of the Vallombrosan of Sant'Ambrogio a Montecellese (near Fontebecci, Siena, today in the municipality of Monteriggioni ) had properties in the place. Thereafter the place belonged to the Vallombrosaner from Badia Ardenga until the dissolution of the monastery in 1462 by Pope Pius II , who gave the place to the diocese of Siena .
Attractions
- Santa Maria Assunta (also Cappella di Santa Maria Assunta ), former church / chapel at the southern end of the village. Until 1785 it was the seat of the Compagnia dell'Assunzione di Maria Vergine detta dei Celesti (mostly Compagnia dei Celesti ). In the 19th century the facade was changed to the north, before it faced east. At the same time, the area was doubled. The bell contains the engraving MDCCCLX (1860). The church contained the Trittico Assunzione della Vergine con San Tommaso tra i Santi Stefano e Sigismondo (also called Trittico della Befa or Trittico de La Befa ) by an unknown artist of the Siena School from the 15th century. The painting was acquired by the Italian state in 1972 and initially moved to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena , today it is in the Museo di arte sacra della Val d'Arbia in Buonconvento .
- Mulino della Befa , ruined mill on the Crevole river.
- San Michele Arcangelo , church ( Pieve ) in Montepertuso, just north of the place, which was mentioned in 1214.
- Images of La Befa
Houses in La Befa
The Crevole River at La Befa
The Ombrone River at La Befa
The Cimitero de la Befa cemetery
San Michele Arcangelo a Montepertuso
traffic
- The Murlo train station ( Stazione di Murlo ) is located in La Befa . The stop is on the Siena-Grosseto railway line and is now served by around ten trains a day.
Web links
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: BEFA, o BEFFA nella Valle dell'Ombrone sanese. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
- Anna Maria Guiducci (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46774-6 , p. 143 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on November 3, 2019 (Italian)
- ↑ Italia in dettaglio
- ↑ Emanuele Repetti: MONTE CELLESE, o MONTE CELSO nelle Masse di Città di Siena. Retrieved November 2, 2019 (Italian)
- ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: BEFA, o BEFFA nella Valle dell'Ombrone sanese.
- ↑ a b c Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse.
- ↑ Luciano Scali: La campana dell'oratorio di Santa Maria Assunta alla Befa. in: MurloCultura 2013 - No. 4 ( online version of November 3, 2019 (Italian) )
- ↑ Maria Paola Angelini: Il Trittico della Befa. in: MurloCultura 2012 - No. 1 ( online version of November 3, 2019 (Italian) )
- ↑ Luciano Scali: Il Mulino della Befa. in: MurloCultura 2015 - No. 4 ( online version from November 3, 2019; Italian)