Monteaperti

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Monteaperti
CastelnuovoBerardengaMontapertiPanorama2.jpg
View of Monteaperti
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
local community Castelnuovo Berardenga
Coordinates 43 ° 20 '  N , 11 ° 26'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 '41 "  N , 11 ° 25' 54"  E
height 252  m slm
Residents 652 (2011)
Telephone code 0577 CAP 53019

Monteaperti (sometimes Montaperti ) is a fraction of the Italian municipality of Castelnuovo Berardenga , in the province of Siena , in Tuscany .

geography

The place is about 6 km southwest of the main town Castelnuovo Berardenga and about 8 kilometers east of the city of Siena at 252  m slm . In 2001 it had about 465 inhabitants, in 2011 there were 652. The place is a few meters east of the Arbia river and northwest of the Malena tributary.

history

The battle of Montaperti

Piramide di Montaperti

On September 4, 1260, a historic battle took place between the Ghibellines of Siena and the Guelphs of Florence. Here the powerful Florentine army, led by Bocca degli Abati, suffered a heavy defeat against the Sienese army, which was allied with King Manfred of Sicily .

This conflict was then taken up again by Dante Alighieri and made even more famous by the mention in his comedy : « The agony and the great damage that colored the Arbia red. ». In Canto 10 of Hell, Dante and Virgil , his guide, arrive among the heretics, among whom is Farinata degli Uberti, while in Canto 32 he meets Bocca degli Abati.

Attractions

Santa Maria Assunta (Santa Maria in Dofàna)
Monumento ai caduti

Religious architecture

  • Santa Maria Assunta, parish church of the Fraction, was built as the oratory of the Monteaperti farm, originally named after San Biagio. In the first half of the 19th century, the parish title of Santa Maria in Dofana was transferred to this church and the building was expanded.

Civil architecture

  • Fattoria di Monteaperti
  • Villa Brignole

Military architecture

  • Castello di Monteapertaccio, ruins

Monuments

  • Piramide di Montaperti
  • Monumento ai caduti, the war memorial

traffic

  • The Casetta / Monteaperti junction is on the provincial road Strada statale 326 di Rapolano (also called Siena-Bettolle ), which leads from Siena to Bettolle and has connections to the A1 autostrada and the RA 6 . The RA 3 to Florence can be reached via Siena .
  • The nearest rail stop is in Siena, approx. 8 km away. It is on the Siena- Empoli - Chiusi / Grosseto railway line .

literature

  • Bernardino Barbadoro: Monteaperti . In: Enciclopedia italiana . Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 1934 (Italian, treccani.it ).
  • Emanuele Repetti: Monteaperti . In: Dizionario Geografico, Fisicoe Storico della Toscana . No. 3 . Florence, S. 321–322 (Italian, unisi.it [PDF]).
  • Guide d'Italia. Toscana . Touring Club Italiano , Milan 2012, p. 601 .

Web links

Commons : Monteaperti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Guide d'Italia.
  2. ↑ a b c Bernardino Barbadoro: Monteaperti . In: Enciclopedia italiana . Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma 1934 (Italian, treccani.it ).
  3. ↑ a b Italia in dettaglio
  4. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on February 8, 2019 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Emanuele Repetti: Monteaperti . In: Dizionario Geografico, Fisicoe Storico della Toscana . No. 3 . Florence, S. 321–322 (Italian, unisi.it [PDF]).
  6. ^ Dante Alighieri, Inferno , Canto 10
  7. ^ Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Montaperti .