Lecchi in Chianti
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Country | Italy | ||
region | Tuscany | ||
province | Siena (SI) | ||
local community | Gaiole in Chianti | ||
Coordinates | 43 ° 26 ' N , 11 ° 24' E | ||
height | 421 m slm | ||
Residents | 101 (2017) | ||
Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53013 |
Lecchi in Chianti is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is about 4 kilometers southwest of the capital Gaiole in Chianti and about 15 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Siena in Chianti . The place is in the diocese of Fiesole and is therefore subordinate to the archdiocese of Florence . Lecchi is 421 meters and has about 100 inhabitants. The place is located on the Torrente Massellone (12 km long), a tributary of the Arbia . The castles of Ama and Tornano and the town of San Sano (also part of Gaiole in Chianti) are in the immediate vicinity .
history
The castle was first mentioned in 998, when Margrave Ugo (di Toscana ) made land available to the Badia di San Michele a Poggio Marturi abbey (today the municipality of Poggibonsi ). As Castello di Monteluco a Lecchi , it was first mentioned in 1176 as a possession of the Ricasoli. When Siena had to surrender several castles to Florence in the same year , the castle was one of them. Six years later, the Badia a Coltibuono gave up its rights to the place and for several years the Mezzolombardi ruled from the nearby Castello di Tornano . The place below the castle was built around the parish church of San Martino at the end of the 13th century.
Attractions
- Castello di Monteluco a Lecchi , castle first mentioned in 998 and documented in 1176. It consists of two parts. Near the place is a kind of outer bailey ( Torrione ), the main castle is in the upper part.
- Chiesa di San Martino , church in the center, which was built at the end of the 13th century.
- Chiesa della Compagnia del Corpus Domini , church in the town center on the road to Ama.
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literature
- Enrico Bosi, Giovanna Magi: I Castelli del Chianti. Bonechi Editrice, Florence 1979, ISBN 88-7009-000-0 , p. 136
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti on Lecchi in Chianti
- EcoMuseo Chianti to Lecchi in Chianti
- EcoMuseo Chianti to Castello di Monteluco di Lecchi
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on February 14, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Gaiole in Chianti , accessed on February 15, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ a b EcoMuseo Chianti: Castello di Monteluco di Lecchi.
- ↑ a b c Enrico Bosi, Giovanna Magi: I Castelli del Chianti.
- ↑ a b EcoMuseo Chianti: Lecchi in Chianti.
- ↑ a b c d e website of the municipality of Gaiole in Chianti on Lecchi in Chianti