Monte San Savino

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Monte San Savino
coat of arms
Monte San Savino (Italy)
Monte San Savino
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Arezzo  (AR)
Coordinates 43 ° 20 '  N , 11 ° 44'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 '49 "  N , 11 ° 43' 51"  E
height 330  m slm
surface 89.66 km²
Residents 8,726 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 97 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 52048
prefix 0575
ISTAT number 051025
Popular name Savinesi or Montigiani
Patron saint Sant'Egidio and Sant'Ambrogio (December 7th) or San Savino di Piacenza
Website Monte San Savino
Panorama of Monte San Savino
Panorama of Monte San Savino

Monte San Savino is a town with 8726 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of Monte San Savino in the Province of Arezzo

Monte San Savino is located about 20 km south of the provincial capital Arezzo and 75 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Chiana valley and on the river of the same name (3 km in the local area). Other important bodies of water in the municipality are the Torrenti Esse (11 of 29 km in the municipality), Foenna (5 of 37 km in the municipality), Leprone (5 of 17 km in the municipality) and Vescina (3 of 13 km in the municipality). The place is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in Zone E, 2 140 GR / G.

The districts include Alberoro (248 meters above sea level , approx. 515 inhabitants), Borghetto (253 m, approx. 300 inhabitants), Casina di Verniana (313 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), Gargonza (543 m, approx. 10 inhabitants), Le Vertighe (290 m, approx. 100 inhabitants), Montagnano (252 m, approx. 830 inhabitants), Palazzuolo Alto (601 m, approx. 35 inhabitants), Poggio Fabbrelli (280 m, approx. 100 inhabitants) and Verniana (344 m, approx. 100 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Arezzo , Bucine , Civitella in Val di Chiana , Lucignano , Marciano della Chiana and Rapolano Terme ( SI ).

history

Monte San Savino with clock tower and the campanile of the Chiesa della Misericordia

City history

Like most places in the area, Monte San Savino was settled in the Etruscan era and was then occupied by the Romans . At the end of the 12th century the place came into conflict between the Ghibellines and Guelphs . The place was documented as Monte San Savino in 1177. Under the rule of the Ghibelline family Ubertini from Arezzo, the place came into the possession of the Guelfan Florence in 1306 until the bishop of Arezzo, Guido Tarlati (Ghibelline), attacked and destroyed the place on May 11, 1325. As early as 1337 the community was inhabited again and subordinated to the city ​​of Perugia , which then gave power to the Republic of Siena . In 1384 the place went back to Florence, who built the Podestà and introduced the jurisdiction .

The place experienced its heyday in the 15th and 16th centuries under the Florentine family Ciocchi-Di Monte, who also Pope Julius III. (Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte). After the papal election in 1550, Cosimo I de 'Medici subordinated the place as a county to the brother of the pope, Balduino di Monte. After the death of his son and the last descendant of the Di Monte family, Fabiano di Monte, the town fell back to the Medici in 1569 . A year later the place became the vicariate seat of the Chiana Valley. From 1604 to 1643 the Marquis family Orsini ruled the place, which the community then lost to Mattias de 'Medici, who ruled the place as personal property until 1667. The Grand Duchess Vittoria della Rovere was then subordinate to the place until her death in 1694, after which a relative independence arose for the community. San Savino was finally conquered by the Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1748, with the exception of the occupation of Napoleon , who at the beginning of the 19th century placed the place in the Arno Valley region for a short time.

Since July 22, 1991, Monte San Savino has been allowed to call itself a city due to a decree by the President Francesco Cossiga . The title was given because of the historical importance and historical monuments.

Jewish history

The Jewish ghetto in Via Salomone Fiorentino, the synagogue in the middle on the left

The Jewish community was mainly active in the town in two periods: from 1421 to 1571 and from 1627 to 1799 they maintained lending banks and founded a Jewish community . The oldest document of the municipality dates from 1427, in which there is written about the opening of a bank. After a decree of the Duchy of Florence in 1571, all Jews in the region were forced to move to the ghettos of Florence and Siena, which were set up for Jews. Only during the rule of the Orsini (1627) and the Passigli could they return to San Savino and build synagogues and parishes. In 1799 the community was finally expelled from the city by the Viva Maria movement .

Attractions

The historic city center of the main town still has almost all of its city walls. The place is crossed in north-south direction by Corso Sangallo, at the northern end of which is the Porta Fiorentina (built by Nanni di Baccio Bigio , also called Porta Ialta ) as the main entrance gate and where the Medici coat of arms is located. The southern gate is called Porta Romana and was built around 1337 with a tower that collapsed in 1550 and was not rebuilt. The gate itself still exists today. The eastern side gate is the Porta San Giovanni, the western one is the Porticciolo Guglielmi, also called Porta Senese. The Jewish quarter or ghetto was east of the main street Via Sangallo. The center of the district lies on both sides of Via Salomone Fiorentino (named after the poet Salomone Fiorentino who was born in Monte San Savino ), where the synagogue is also located.

  • Part of the city wall

  • Porta Fiorentina

  • Porta Romana

  • Porta San Giovanni

  • Porticciolo Guglielmi

  • The former synagogue

Back of the Palazzo Del Monte with the Giardini pensili
Side view of the Chiesa della Misericordia (also Pieve vecchia)
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino : Assunzione by Giorgio Vasari from 1539
Chiesa dei Santi Tiburzio e Susanna , in the background the tower of Castello di Gargonza
  • Sinagoga di Monte San Savino , synagogue in the center from the 17th century and restored between 1729 and 1732.
  • Rocca del Cassero , fortifications built by the Senese in 1383 under the architect Bartolo di Bartolo; now home to the Museo comunale della Ceramica popolare (Ceramic Museum), also known as the Museo Comunale del Cassero . It is located in Piazza Gamurrini and was restored in 1989.
  • Palazzo Del Monte , palace in the town center, was built between 1515 and 1517. The gardens, Giardini pensili (German: Hanging Gardens), were created by Nanni di Baccio Bigio . Today the building houses the town hall of the municipality.
  • Loggia dei Mercanti , covered market place opposite the Palazzo Del Monte.
  • Teatro Verdi , first mentioned in writing in 1681, later renamed Accademia dei Sostenuti e dei Rozzi and expanded and rebuilt in 1726 and 1860. Was named after Giuseppe Verdi in 1901.

Churches

  • Chiesa della Misericordia , church built around 1175 and Pieve in the center, also called Pieve vecchia or Pieve dei Santi Egidio e Savino . Was completely renovated in 1749. Inside there are frescoes by Niccolò Soggi . Belongs like all churches in the municipality to the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro .
  • Chiesa di Santa Chiara , church in the center of the village in Piazza Gamurrini. The church dedicated to Clare of Assisi was built in the middle of the 17th century by the Poor Clares .
  • Chiesa del Suffragio , church in the town center, which was built in 1635. Contains Luigi Ademollo's Deposizione dalla Croce con la Santissima Trinità from 1821.
  • Chiesa di San Giovanni , church dedicated to John the Baptist on the left of Sant'Agostino.
  • Chiesa di San Giuseppe , church in the center from the 18th century, contains frescoes by Giuseppe Righi.
  • Convento di Sant'Agostino (also Chiesa di Sant'Agostino), a church built in the 14th century in the town center on the Piazza Del Monte, was expanded in the 16th century. The cloister was built in 1532. Contains frescoes by Spinello Aretino and the painting Assunzione by Giorgio Vasari and the tomb of Andrea Sansovino . The Chiesa di San Giovanni (also called Chiesa della Compagnia di Sant'Antonio or Chiesa dei Neri ), which is now used as a baptistery , is integrated into the building complex . The facade is in the Gothic style, the portal door is by Andrea Sansovino. The campanile was rebuilt in 1830.
  • Sant'Anna , church in Via Castiglia to the right of Sant'Agostino.
  • Chiesa del Crocifisso , church just outside the city walls near the Porta Romana.
  • Santuario di Santa Maria delle Vertighe , sanctuary approx. 3 km east of the town center near the motorway junction. First documented in 1073 and also served as an ospedale until the 14th century . Contains works by Ristoro d'Arezzo and Margaritone d'Arezzo ( Quattro storie di Maria et al., Late 13th century), Lorenzo Monaco ( Crocifisso , created around 1415/20), Bernardino Santini ( Natività della Vergine , created 1627) and Ridolfo Ghirlandaio ( Santi Savino e Romualdo , written in 1520).
  • Chiesa dei Santi Tiburzio e Susanna , church in the Gargonza district. Made in the 12th century and restored in 1928. Contains the fresco Vergine tra i Santi Antonio abate e Bernardo , painted in 1483.
  • San Giusto , church in the Palazzuolo Alto district, mentioned as early as 1275.
  • Santi Pietro e Giusto , church in the Palazzuolo Basso district. It was consecrated on June 1, 1831 by the Bishop of Arezzo , Sebastiano Maggi.

Events

The Palio savinese , also called Palio di Santa Maria d'Agosto , was first mentioned in 1471, but it is probably older. It will be held on August 15th as a horse palio .

art

  • Gargonza Arts , is an artist-in-residence program for young artists from various artistic directions. The project takes place at the Castello di Gargonza in the Gargonza district.

traffic

  • The Monte San Savino motorway junction is on the A1 and is part of the Autostrada del Sole .
  • A railway line operated by the Trasporto Ferroviario Toscano connects Monte San Savino with Arezzo and Sinalunga . The stop itself is called Monte San Savino and is located approx. 500 m east of the city center in the valley towards Ponte Esse.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Monte San Savino  - 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. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Monte San Savino , accessed on November 24, 2015 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on January 14, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  4. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Arezzo, accessed on January 14, 2013 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina.
  6. ↑ Website of the Pro Loco Monte San Savino, accessed on January 14, 2010 (prolocomontesansavino.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7:un-po-di-storia&catid=1:storia&Itemid=18, no longer available)
  7. ↑ a b Official website of the municipality of Monte San Savino, accessed on January 14, 2010 ( Cenni storici ( Memento of April 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) of April 22, 2009, accessed on November 24, 2015) (Italian)
  8. ^ A b Emanuele Repetti: PALAZZUOLO o PALAZZOLO del Monte San Savino in Val di Chiana. ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The 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. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846) (PDF, Italian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stats-1.archeogr.unisi.it