Loro Ciuffenna

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Loro Ciuffenna
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Loro Ciuffenna (Italy)
Loro Ciuffenna
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
Coordinates 43 ° 35 '  N , 11 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 35 '12 "  N , 11 ° 37' 43"  E
height 330  m slm
surface 86.67 km²
Residents 5,860 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 68 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 52024
prefix 055
ISTAT number 051020
Popular name Loresi
Patron saint Santa Maria Assunta (August 15)
Website Loro Ciuffenna
Panorama of Loro Ciuffenna
Panorama of Loro Ciuffenna

Loro Ciuffenna is an Italian commune with 5860 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

Location of Loro Ciuffenna in the province of Arezzo

The community extends over around 87 km². It is located about 25 km northwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and 40 km southeast of the regional capital Florence on the Ciuffenna River and in the upper Arno Valley (Valdarno superiore), without bordering the river. It is located in the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2 140 GR / G

The most important bodies of water in the municipality are the Torrenti Agna (8 of 14 km in the municipality) and the Ciuffenna (12 of 22 km in the municipality).

The districts include Anciolina (933 m, approx. 20 inhabitants), (Il) Borro (266 m, approx. 20 inhabitants), Casamona (621 m, approx. 20 inhabitants), Chiassaia (787 m, approx. 10 inhabitants) , Faeto (612 m, approx. 20 inhabitants), Gorgiti (644 m, approx. 35 inhabitants), Gropina (381 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), Modine (699 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), Poggio di Loro (626 m, approx. 80 inhabitants), Pratovalle (631 m, approx. 25 inhabitants), Rocca Ricciarda (943 m, approx. 10 inhabitants), San Clemente in Valle (545 m, approx. 80 inhabitants), San Giustino Valdarno (308 m, approx. 1350 inhabitants), Trappola (851 m, approx. 20 inhabitants) and Trevane (825 m, approx. 20 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Castel Focognano , Castel San Niccolò , Castelfranco Piandiscò , Castiglion Fibocchi , Ortignano Raggiolo , Talla and Terranuova Bracciolini .

history

The place name is made up of the two components Loro (for Latin Laurus , German laurel ) and Ciuffenna (name of the river on which the place is located). The place was first mentioned in 1050, the river on the other hand as early as 1037 (under the name Ioffinne). The name of the river was added to the place name in 1863. According to Titus Livius Ab urbe condita libri CXLII, the area was first settled by the Etruscans . Due to its location on an old trade route from Arezzo to Fiesole , the place grew very quickly. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , the place fell under the control of the Byzantines and Lombards . The castle Castello di Loro was built around the year 900. The place was first officially mentioned in a document from 1059, with which the Counts Conti made the place available to the Ubertini family. In 1293 the Republic of Florence took control of the place, and in 1462 he drew up his first statutes.

Attractions

Torre dell'Orologio clock tower in the town center
The Pieve di San Pietro a Gropina near Loro Ciuffenna
The old watermill in the town center
The Abbey of Sant'Andrea a Mama above the main town
  • Santa Maria Assunta , church in the center, contains the panel painting Madonna con Bambino tra angeli e Santi, Incoronazione di Maria Vergine, Evangelisti by Lorenzo di Bicci .
  • Mulino ad acqua , water mill on Ciuffenna in the center of the village. Originated in the 12th century and is considered to be the oldest watermill in Tuscany.
  • Museo Venturino Venturi , museum in the town hall.
  • Badia di Sant'Andrea , just north of the town center, which already existed in the 11th century.
  • Santuario della Madonna dell'Umiltà , just outside the town center on the road to Gropina. Made at the beginning of the 17th century.
  • Pieve di San Pietro a Gropina , Monumento nazionale .
  • San Giustino , Pieve in the district of San Giustino Valdarno, documented in the 11th century.
  • Santa Maria Assunta , church in the Poggio di Loro district, which was mentioned as early as 780.
  • Santa Lucia a Sagona , church in Sagona, documented in 1274/75.
  • San Jacopo , church in the Modine district.
  • Santa Maria Assunta , church in the Faeto district.
  • San Michele Arcangelo , church in the district of Anciolina.
  • Rocca Ricciarda , castle ruins in the district of Rocca Ricciarda.

Community partnerships

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Loro Ciuffenna  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 6, 2017 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on October 30, 2016 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the waters in Loro Ciuffenna , accessed on October 30, 2016 (Italian)
  5. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Arezzo, accessed on October 30, 2016 (Italian)
  6. ↑ TerraLauri: Le terre di Loro: dagli Etruschi ai Romani , accessed on October 30, 2016 (Italian)
  7. ↑ a b TerraLauri: Il lorese nell'Alto Medioevo: terra di frontiera e di contese , accessed on October 30, 2016 (Italian)
  8. ↑ TerraLauri: Guerrieri, vescovi e feudatari nel Valdarno Superiore e nel lorese , accessed on October 30, 2016 (Italian)
  9. ^ A b c Touring Club Italiano: Toscana.
  10. ↑ Federica Crini: Un mulino ad acqua in attività da 900 anni: l'antico mestiere del mugnaio di Loro Ciuffenna. In: Valdarnopost , August 23, 2015 (accessed November 3, 2016, Italian)
  11. ↑ a b c d I Luoghi della Fede (Arezzo / Valdarno superiore), website of the Tuscany region , accessed on November 3, 2016 (Italian)