Montecatini Val di Cecina

Montecatini Val di Cecina
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Pisa  (PI)
Coordinates	43 ° 24 '  N , 10 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 23 '37 "  N , 10 ° 44' 59"  E
height	416  m slm
surface	155.08 km²
Residents	1,660 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	11 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	56040
prefix	0588
ISTAT number	050019
Popular name	Montecatinesi
Patron saint	San Biagio (February 3rd)
Website	Montecatini Val di Cecina
Montecatini Val di Cecina

Montecatini Val di Cecina is an Italian municipality with 1660 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of the municipality in the province of Pisa

The municipality is located about 85 km southwest of Florence and 60 km southeast of Pisa in the wine-growing region of Montescudaio . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2 107 GG. The main river in the municipality is the Cecina (9 of 78 km in the municipality). The Montecatini-Orendit is located a little east of the old town . The churches of the village and the districts are part of the Diocese of Volterra and thus belong to the Archdiocese of Pisa as a suffragan diocese .

The districts include Buriano , Casaglia (130 m), Casino di Terra (68 m), Gabella (54 m), Gello , Miemo (416 m), Mocajo , Ponteginori (54 m), Querceto (260 m) and Sassa ( 366 m).

The neighboring municipalities are Bibbona ( LI ), Guardistallo , Lajatico , Montescudaio , Monteverdi Marittimo , Pomarance , Riparbella and Volterra .

history

The Castello di Montecatini was founded around 960 by the Volterran family of the Belforti . The place was first mentioned in 1099 in a document by Bishop Pietro von Volterra as Monte Leone or Castrum Montis Leonis (Löwenberg or Kastell Löwenberg). After the defeat of Volterra against Pisa in 1316, the place became part of the Pisan rule, but left it back to the Belforti family around 1350. In 1472 the place fell under the control of Florence and the Vicariate Val di Cecina with its seat in Pomerance.

From the 19th century to 1907, the copper industry in Caporciano (approx. 1 km west of the historic town center) was important and thus gave its name to the Montecatini company (today Montedison ), from 1911 halide production by the Belgian company Solvay became the main industry.

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  Caporciano mines at the end of the 19th century

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  The former mines today

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  Preserved building

Attractions

The Church of San Biagio

The Torre dei Belforti

• San Biagio , Church in the village, which on January 30, 1361 consecrated and was heavily modified in the 16th century. Contains works by Cristoforo Roncalli (also called Il Pomarancio ), a panel painting by Neri di Bicci ( Martirio di San Sebastiano con i Santi Biagio e Antonio Abate ) and two statues of San Biagio by Andrea della Robbia .
• Palazzo Pretorio , 14th century. Was the town hall until 1957 and is now home to the Museo delle Miniere di Montecatini .
• Torre dei Belforti , family tower in the center from the 11th century
• City walls with the double gate Porte Castellane
• Oratorio di Santa Barbara , oratory near the mines of Caporciano. Was built in 1787 from the old and damaged building from 1658.
• San Niccolò , church in the district of Buriano
• San Giovanni Battista a Casaglia , Pieve documented in 1274 in the Casaglia district
• San Lorenzo Martire , Romanesque church in the Gello district
• Sant'Andrea Apostolo, Church in Miemo, mentioned in 1303
• Ponte Ginori , bridge in the district of Ponteginori on the Cecina e Trossa rivers, which was built between 1831 and 1835 on the initiative of Count Conte Carlo Ginori.
• San Giovanni Battista in the Querceto district , Pieve built in the 13th century
• San Martino , church in La Sassa, probably from the 11th century. Was substantially rebuilt and renewed from 1780 to 1790.
• Oratorio del Redentore , in Sassa, 17th century

traffic

The place has two stops on the Cecina – Volterra railway, opened in 1863 :

• Ponte Ginori in the district of Ponteginori, approx. 6.5 km south of the main town.
• Casino di Terra in Casino di Terra, part of Montecatini Val di Cecina and Guardistallo, approx. 9 km south of the main town.

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: MONTE CATINI o MONTECATINI in Val di Cecina. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
• Franco Lessi (a cura di): I Luoghi della Fede. Volterra e la Val di Cecina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46773-8

Web links

Commons : Montecatini Val di Cecina  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Montecatini Val di Cecina

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on November 14, 2012 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Montecatini Val di Cecina , accessed on June 10, 2017 (Italian)
4. ↑ Official municipal law of Montecatini Val di Cecina  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Article 9. (Italian)  
5. ↑ Official website of ISTAT (Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) on 2001 population figures in the province of Pisa, accessed on November 14, 2012 (Italian)
6. ↑ Official history website of the municipality of Montecatini Val di Cecina , accessed on June 10, 2017 (Italian)
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Lessi: I Luoghi della Fede.
8. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Montecatini Val di Cecina on the Palazzo Pretorio , accessed on June 10, 2017 (Italian)
9. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Montecatini Val di Cecina for the Torre dei Belforti , accessed on June 10, 2017 (Italian)
10. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Montecatini Val di Cecina for the Ponte Ginori bridge , accessed on June 10, 2017 (Italian)