Lucignano

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Lucignano
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Lucignano (Italy)
Lucignano
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
Coordinates 43 ° 16 '  N , 11 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 16 '29 "  N , 11 ° 44' 45"  E
height 400  m slm
surface 44.90 km²
Residents 3,472 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 77 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 52046
prefix 0575
ISTAT number 051021
Popular name Lucignanesi
Patron saint San Felice (July 29th)
Website Lucignano
Panorama of Lucignano
Panorama of Lucignano

Lucignano is an Italian commune with 3472 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of Lucignano in the province of Arezzo

The municipality is located around 25 km southwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and 70 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the center of the Chiana valley in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E 2 248 GR / G. Although located in the Chiana Valley, the Chiana does not touch the municipality. Important waters in the municipality are the Torrenti Esse (4 of 29 km in the local area), Foenna (4 of 37 km in the local area), Scerpella (8 of 8 km in the local area) and Vescina (10 of 13 km in the local area), all of which Belong to the river system of the Arno .

The districts include Croce (281  m , approx. 270 inhabitants) and Pieve Vecchia (280 m, approx. 180 inhabitants). Lago del Calcione (362 m) is a special unit .

The neighboring municipalities are Foiano della Chiana , Marciano della Chiana , Monte San Savino , Rapolano Terme ( SI ) and Sinalunga (SI).

history

Originated from the cultures of the Villanova and the Etruscans, the place was in the 1st century BC. Captured by the Romans under Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix . Lucius Licinius Lucullus founded a Roman military camp here and from now on named the place Lucinianum in his honor , from which the current place name is derived. The triangular defense tower Torre Sillana was built here , where the Collegiata San Michele is located today . In 1014 the place was documented as Castrum Griffonis nune Lusignani by Farneta Abbey . In the Middle Ages, the municipality was part of Arezzo's sphere of influence. In the Battle of Campaldino in 1289 Arezzo lost to Florence and thus also the rule over the place, which then belonged to Siena (1289-1325) and was taken in 1325 by Guido Tarlati . After that the place belonged to Perugia and the Papal States . The griffin as heraldic animal still dates from the time of the Perugians . The town gained independence in 1343, but subordinated itself to Florence ten years later. In 1370 the place was freed again, due to the threatened occupation by the Aretines, people asked again in Siena for help. After several territorial disputes between Florence and Siena, Lucignano finally came to the Republic of Siena in 1390, which built the city walls and the Rocca Senese . The Senese government ended in August 1554 with the Battle of Scannagallo ( Battaglia di Scannagallo , also called Battaglia di Marciano ) a few kilometers east of Lucignano. The Republic of Florence under Gian Giacomo Medici defeated the Republic of Siena under Piero Strozzi .

Attractions

The Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo with campanile
Church of San Francesco (left), in the middle the former Oratorio della Compagnia del Corpus Domini , right the campanile of the Chiesa della Misericordia (Santissima Annunziata)
The Torre delle Monache tower
The Rocca Senese with the Mastio (left) and Torrino (right) towers
  • Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo , collegiate church in the town center, which was built over an older church at the end of the 14th century. The defense tower Torre Sillana originally stood at this point . Was elevated to the status of collegiate church and pieve in the 15th century and was substantially renewed from 1593. The campanile and the stairs in front of the church are attributed to Andrea Pozzi . In the interiors are the works:
    • Visitazione a Santa Elisabetta (1631, Matteo Rosselli )
    • Transito di San Giuseppe (around 1669, Onorio Marinari)
    • Martirio di Santa Lucia (1665, canvas painting by Giacinto Gimignani )
    • San Carlo visita gli appestati (1661, also by Giacinto Gimignani)
  • Chiesa di San Francesco , church and former convent in the town center, was built in the 13th century . It was here that Lucignano's submission to Siena was signed in 1289. The entrance portal is made of Travertino , in the interior there are several works by Bartolo di Fredi , including the fresco Trionfo della morte from 1380.
  • Oratorio della Compagnia del Corpus Domini , former oratory to the right of the Chiesa San Francesco. Made in 1446.
  • Torre delle Monache , behind the Chiesa San Francesco in Via Castellaccia, a former defense tower. The name comes from a women's monastery that was nearby at the time
  • Chiesa di San Giuseppe , church in the town center from 1470.
  • Chiesa della Misericordia , formerly also called Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata , church in the center of the village in Via San Giuseppe. Written in the 15th century and contains Onorio Marinari's Annunciazione (dated 1699). The work Assunzione della Vergine (canvas painting from 1699) is by Alessandro Gherardini .
  • Chiesa del Crocifisso , church in the town center on Corso delle Monache.
  • Museo Comunale, city museum founded in 1924 with four halls on the ground floor of the former Palazzo Pretorio (probably built in the 13th century), today's Palazzo Comunale (town hall), with works by:
    • Taddeo di Bartolo : cycle of frescoes in the Sala delle Udienze, executed from 1408 to 1414.
    • Bartolo di Fredi : Madonna in Trono con Bambino tra San Giovanni Battista e San Giovanni Evangelista , triptych , created around 1380/1390. Comes from the Cappella di San Pietro of the Church of San Francesco in Montalcino (here until 1628). The original painting consisted of five parts, the outer ones ( Santa Lucia and Santa Petronilla ) of which were lost. In 1910 it came into the possession of the Angeli family from Lucignano and was donated to the museum in 1923.
    • Pietro di Giovanni D'Ambrogio: San Bernardino da Siena , originated in 1448.
    • Sebastiano Folli : Annunciazione
    • Niccolò di Segna: Madonna in Trono col Bambino e Donatrice orante , panel painting, created around 1330/1340. The person who commissioned the work is expressly mentioned at the bottom: Monna Muccia moglie che fu di Guerrino Ciantari . The work comes from the Cappella della Santissima Concezione of the Church of San Francesco.
    • Luca Signorelli : San Francesco riceve le Stimmate , lunette , created around 1510/1512, comes from the Church of San Francesco.
    • Luca Signorelli: Madonna col Bambino , panel painting, created around 1490. Contains the inscription Verbo caro factum est et abitavit nobis on the lower edge and comes from the Church of San Francesco.
    • Unknown Senese / Aretian artist: Crocifissione , panel painting, created around 1280/1290, oldest painting in the museum.
    • Lippo Vanni : Madonna in Trono col Bambino tra San Giovanni Battista e San Pietro , panel painting, created around 1360/1370. Stolen from the museum in 1979 and found again in 1988.
    • Albero d'oro (gold tree ), also called Albero della Vita (tree of life), Albero di Lucignano or Albero dell'amore (tree of love). Relic holder that stood in the Church of San Francesco until 1810. Here it was kept in a cabinet that was decorated by Luca Signorelli in 1482. This decoration is mentioned in Giorgio Vasari's book Le vite dei più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani . The 2.60 meter high work of art with a width of approx. 1 meter is one of the most famous works of the museum. According to the inscription, the work began in 1350 and was only completed 121 years later by the Senese goldsmith Gabriele di Antonio. It was stolen on September 28, 1914 and found in a grotto near Sarteano in November 1917 .
  • Rocca Senese , also called Cassero Senese , castle within the city walls near the main gate Porta San Giusto. Created from 1390 to 1392 by the Senese architect Bartolo Bartoli. Has two defense towers, the larger mastio (main tower) and the smaller torrino (turret) being called. Still carries the Senese coat of arms (Balzana) today.
  • Historic city wall, begun in 1289, substantially expanded in 1371 and reinforced in 1487, almost completely in place today. The ring-shaped wall has four city gates:
    • Porta San Giusto , southwest gate and main gate equipped with three arches and a portcullis .
    • Porta San Giovanni , eastern gate, also called Porta dei Cappuccini or del Filaio .
    • Porta Murata , northwest gate, was walled up for a long time and is now open to pedestrians.
    • Porta Sant'Angelo , the southeastern gate, was also walled up for a long time and is now also open to pedestrians.
  • Fortezza Medicea , fortress just west of the town center. A fortress planned by Siena, which was built by Bernardo Puccini after the conquest of Lucignano by Florence. Consists of two outer bastions that lead to the west. The northern one is called Bastione del Calcione , the southern Bastione della Purità . The planned main part of the fortress and the connecting walls to the city wall were not completed. Work on the fortification was stopped in November 1558.
  • Chiesa di San Biagio , also called Pieve Vecchia , church on the road to Foiano della Chiana. Was the old pieve of Lucignano and was later renewed.
  • Santuario di Santa Maria della Querce , 15th century sanctuary about 1 km outside the city walls. The expansion took place in 1564 under Giorgio Vasari . Contains the canvas painting I santi Benedetto, Apollonia e Caterina da Siena created by Matteo Rosselli in 1625 .
  • Castello di Calcione , already known in the 10th century for the monks of Sant'Eugenio from Costafabbri near Siena. Later belonged to the Tolomei from Siena, who built the villa in the 14th century.
  • Chiesa di San Pietro , church of the Castello Calcione castle.
  • Diga del Calcione (also Invaso di / del Calcione ), dam near the district Calcione, which partly also belongs to Rapolano Terme and dams the Torrente Foenna . The plant was built in 1971 and is operated by Enel . The reservoir is 5 km long and approx. 500 m wide.

Regular events

  • Maggiolata , parade with flower carts in May (Italian: Maggio) designed by the four contrades. The four contrades are Porta San Giusto (black and white colors), Porta San Giovanni (yellow and green colors), Porta Murata (red and blue colors) and Via Dell'Amore (yellow and red colors). The latter contrada takes the place of the city gate Porta Sant'Angelo and comes from the area around the street Via Giacomo Matteotti (formerly Via dell'Amore). The event took place for the seventy-ninth time in 2016.

Awards

traffic

  • The A1 (part of the Autostrada del Sole ) runs through the municipality. The closest connection points are Val di Chiana / Bettolle approx. 7 km south or Monte San Savino (approx. 7 km north).

Sons and daughters of the church

Movie

literature

  • Accademia dei Rozzi, Ettore Pellegrini (ed.): Fortificare con arte. Vicende storiche ed architettoniche di quattro castelli senesi. Torrita di Siena, Sarteano, Lucignano della Chiana, Caldana di Maremma. Editrice Il Lecchio, Siena / Monteriggioni 2009, pp. 131–178.
  • Elisa Brunoni, Chiara Spadini, Vanda Trippi: Il Museo Comunale di Lucignano. Tiphys Editoria, Cortona 2015, ISBN 978-88-97582-13-7
  • Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46783-5 , pp. 125-133.
  • Emanuele Repetti: Lucignano, Lucignano d'Arezzo. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)
  • Touring Club Italiano : Toscana , Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 745 ff.

Web links

Commons : Lucignano  - 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. ↑ Comuni Italiani on the municipality of Lucignano , accessed on November 19, 2015 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Tutti Talia to the municipality of Lucignano , accessed on 19 November 2015 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on December 29, 2012 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  5. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Lucignano , accessed on November 19, 2015 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Arezzo, accessed on December 29, 2012 (Italian)
  7. ↑ abctuscany.com on Lucignano , accessed on November 19, 2015 (Italian), wayback Internet Archive of February 19, 2015
  8. ↑ a b c Lucignano.com on the history of the place , accessed on November 18, 2015 (Italian)
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Elisa Brunoni, Chiara Spadini, Vanda Trippi: Il Museo Comunale di Lucignano.
  10. ↑ a b c d e f Ettore Pellegrini (Ed.): Fortificare con arte. Vicende storiche ed architettoniche di quattro castelli senesi.
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g h Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina.
  12. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Lucignano on the history of the place, accessed on November 19, 2015 (Italian)
  13. ↑ Torre delle Monache . Europeana. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  14. ↑ Chiese Italiane for the Chiesa del Crocifisso in Lucignano , accessed on November 20, 2015 (Italian)
  15. ↑ lucignano.com on the Museo Comunale di Lucignano , accessed on November 19, 2015 (Italian)
  16. ↑ Val di Chiana aretina to the Castello di Calcione, accessed on March 27, 2016 (Italian)
  17. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: CALCIONE in Val di Chiana. ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stats-1.archeogr.unisi.it archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Online edition of the University of Siena, PDF, Italian)
  18. ↑ ittiofauna for the Invaso di Calcione , accessed on March 27, 2016 (Italian)
  19. ↑ maggiolatalucignanese.it , official website of the Maggiolata, accessed on March 27, 2016 (Italian)
  20. ^ Website of the Touring Club Italiano (Bandiere Arancioni) in Lucignano , accessed on December 29, 2012 (Italian)