Montegiovi

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Montegiovi
Montegiovi panorama 2.jpg
Panorama of Montegiovi
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Castel del Piano
Coordinates 42 ° 55 '  N , 11 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 54 '39 "  N , 11 ° 31' 15"  E
height 535  m slm
Residents 175 (2011)
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58033

Montegiovi is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Castel del Piano in the province of Grosseto in the Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 3.5 kilometers northwest of the capital Castel del Piano and about 35 kilometers northeast of the provincial capital Grosseto in the Orciatal ( Val d'Orcia ). Montegiovi is located in the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino and at 535  m slm and in 2001 had about 170 inhabitants. The closest places are Castel del Piano, Seggiano and Montelaterone (Arcidosso). The place is about 1 km southwest of the tributary of the Vivo in the duck . The Zancona runs west of the village and shortly afterwards flows into the duck.

history

The place was first documented in 1209 when Otto IV confirmed the possessions in the place. According to this, half of the Montegiovi belonged to the Bishop of Chiusi and the other half to the Abbeys of Sant'Antimo and San Salvatore di Monte Amiata . As early as 1217, the town submitted to the rule of Siena . In the following years, Montegiovi was under the control of the Tolomei, who reinforced the defensive walls in 1282, then the Bonsignori and from 1368 the Salimbeni, all of them aristocratic families from Siena. In 1377 Catherine of Siena stayed in town on her way to Rome . It was not until the early 15th century that the town came under direct administration in Siena. After the capture of the Republic of Siena by Florence in 1555 the place to Siena remained (Repubblica di Siena riparata in Montalcino ) and came only in 1559 after the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany .

Attractions

The Church of San Martino
Apse of Sant'Elena and on the left the fortified gate of the same name. In the middle is the information sign of the Touring Club Italiano
Church of Madonna degli Schiavi (Madonna delle Grazie)
  • San Martino , church at the highest point of the place. Was first mentioned in 1302/1303 and was then under the Sant'Antimo Abbey. Contains two works by Francesco Nasini ( Madonna del Rosario tra i Santi Domenico e Caterina da Siena , second altar on the right, and Madonna col Bambino, San Giovannino e Santa Monica , second altar on the left, dated 1692).
  • Sant'Elena , also San Rocco e Elena , chapel / church at Porta Sant'Elena , which was built at the end of the 12th / beginning of the 13th century.
  • Defensive walls that were only built in the lower part of the village. The upper part of the village was easy to defend due to its location (steep slopes) even without walls.
    • Porta Sant'Elena , weir and entrance gate to the place.
    • Cassero , today only partially recognizable.
  • Chiesa della Madonna degli Schiavi , also called Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie , church outside the defensive walls at the foot of the village. Dates from the 16th century and was significantly rebuilt from 1852 to 1869. Contains the fresco Madonna col Bambino , which was probably extended by Francesco Nasini to include the two figures Angeli adoranti .
  • Giardino di Piero Bonacina , art garden.

traffic

The place is near the street Strada provinciale 64 del Cipressino (SP 64), which connects Castel del Piano with the Strada Statale 223 di Paganico .

Montegiovi in ​​literature

The place is mentioned in the rime by Cecco Angiolieri : Sed i 'avess'un sacco di fiorini, e non ve n'avess'altro che de' nuovi, e fosse mi 'Arcidoss'e Montegiuovi con cinquicento some d'aquilini, non mi parri'aver tre bagattini ...

literature

  • Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 , p. 131.
  • Felicia Rotundo / Bruno Santi: Casteldelpiano. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 , p. 177 f.
  • Emanuele Repetti: MONTE GIOVI in Val d'Orcia. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). archeogr.unisi.it (PDF) of the University of Siena (Italian)
  • Bruno Santi: I luoghi della Fede. L'Amiata e la Val d'Orcia. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46780-0 , p. 167.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: MONTE GIOVI in Val d'Orcia.
  2. ↑ italia.indettaglio
  3. ^ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto; accessed on September 18, 2016 (Italian)
  4. ↑ a b c Mavarelli / Occhetti: Casteldelpiano.
  5. ↑ a b c Bruno Santi (Ed.): I luoghi della Fede. L'Amiata e la Val d'Orcia.
  6. ^ A b Giuseppe Guerrini: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto.
  7. ^ Website of the community
  8. ↑ Il Tirreno zu Sant'Elena in Montegiovi, accessed on September 26, 2016 (Italian), with ill.
  9. ↑ Giardino di Piero Bonacina at Musei di Maremma, accessed on September 27, 2016 (Italian)
  10. ↑ Cecco Angiolieri: Rime. XL - Sed i 'avess'un sacco di fiorini at Wikisource (Italian)