Lajatico

Lajatico
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Pisa  (PI)
Coordinates	43 ° 28 '  N , 10 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 28 '20 "  N , 10 ° 43' 47"  E
height	205  m slm
surface	72 km²
Residents	1,303 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	56030
prefix	0587
ISTAT number	050016
Popular name	Lajatichini
Patron saint	San Leonardo (November 6th)
Website	Lajatico
Panorama of Lajatico

Lajatico is an Italian village with 1303 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). It is located in Tuscany in the province of Pisa near Volterra .

geography

Location of Lajatico in the province of Pisa

The municipality is located about 50 km southwest of the regional capital Florence and about 40 km southeast of the provincial capital Pisa . In the climatic classification of Italian municipalities , Lajatico is in Zone D, 1 831 GR / G. The main town is at 205 m, the municipal area is at the lowest point at 50 and at the highest point at 628 m.

The village is located on the rivers Era (6 of 55 km in the municipality), Ragone (9 of 12 km in the municipality) and Sterza (6 of 19 km in the municipality). The Orciatico-Orendit is located near the Orciatico district .

The districts (Frazioni) include La Sterza (74 m), Orciatico (313 m) and San Giovanni (91 m).

The neighboring municipalities are Chianni , Montecatini Val di Cecina , Peccioli , Riparbella , Terricciola and Volterra .

history

Lajatico used to be called "Ajatico da Centrum", "Ajatico" and "Lajatici". In 891 the first document was signed there. In 1776 Lajatico became independent. In the 19th century the "Banca Popolare di Lajatico" was the only bank in Lajatico.

Demographic development

Attractions

The Church of San Leonardo

The Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Orciatico

• Chiesa di San Leonardo , church in the historic center of Lajatico. Dates from the 13th century, but was restored and changed from 1853 to 1856 by the Livornese architect Angiolo della Valle. The facade dates from 1925.
• Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , church consecrated in 1509 in the Orciatico district.
• Villa Medici by Spedaletto

Known people and buildings

The world famous tenor Andrea Bocelli was born on September 22nd, 1958 in Lajatico. In 2006 the open-air theater Teatro del Silenzio was opened by Andrea Bocelli, in which, however, only one performance takes place annually; the rest of the year there is silence.

economy

Lajatico lives mainly from agriculture, wine and oil production.

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: LAJATICO, già AJATICO in Val d'Era (Castr. Ajatici e Lajatici). In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)

Web links

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

• Website of the municipality of Lajatico
• Website of the Teatro del Silenzio

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 July 8, 2017 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Lajatico , accessed on July 8, 2017 (Italian)
4. ↑ Official website of ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) on 2001 population figures in the province of Pisa, accessed on July 8, 2017 (Italian)
5. ↑ patrimoniosos.it on the Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Orciatico, accessed on July 8, 2017 (Italian)