Lecchi di Staggia
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Poggibonsi | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 26 ' N , 11 ° 11' E | ||
| height | 233 m slm | ||
| Residents | 160 (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53036 |
Lecchi di Staggia is a fraction of the municipality of Poggibonsi in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is about 5 kilometers southeast of the main town Poggibonsi and about 17 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Siena in the Chianti and Elsa Valley near the Staggia River . It is 233 meters and had around 160 inhabitants in 2001.
history
Initially, the place belonged to Pieve Sant'Agnese (today part of the municipality of Castellina in Chianti ) and Santa Maria a Talciona (Talciona, now part of the municipality of Poggibonsi), both of which were subordinate to the Abbey of San Salvatore in Badia a Isola . Documentary mentions the place on November 8, 1401 and August 25, 1469 by the then Archbishop of Siena, Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini (who later became Pope Pius III ).
Attractions
- Santa Maria Assunta (Maria de Lecchis), church in the town center, which was first documented in 1595. A restoration took place in the 19th century. It belongs to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: LECCHI (S. MARIA A) in Val d'Elsa. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: LECCHI (S. MARIA A) in Val d'Elsa.
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on October 16, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ Il Tirreno on the Church of Santa Maria Assunta, accessed on October 16, 2017 (Italian)