Montemagno (Calci)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Pisa (PI) | ||
| local community | Calci | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 43 ' N , 10 ° 32' E | ||
| height | 114 m slm | ||
| Residents | 344 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 050 | CAP | 56011 |
Montemagno (also Montemagno Pisano , Monte Magno di Calci or Monte Magno della Verruca ) is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality Calci in the province of Pisa in Tuscany .
geography
The place is about two kilometers southeast of the main town Calci, about 10 km east of the provincial capital Pisa and about 60 km west of the regional capital Florence in the Pisan Arno valley (Val d'Arno di Pisa). The place is at 198 m slm and had 350 inhabitants in 2001. In 2011 there were 344 inhabitants, 1833 755 inhabitants, 1745 644 inhabitants and 1551 522 inhabitants. Montemagno is about 1.5 km north of the Monte Verruca mountain (537 m). The river Arno runs about 4 km southwest of the village, its tributary Zambra ( Zambra di Calci ) flows about 2 km west. This is fed by the Zambra di Montemagno , which flows through Montemagno. The churches of the place are in the Archdiocese of Pisa .
history
The place was first mentioned in 780 when the Abbey of San Savino a Cerasiolo was founded (today it belongs to the municipality of Cascina , district of Montione). The church of San Gregorio was mentioned here. The affiliation of the church to San Savino was established by Popes Alexander III. (1175), Celestine III. (1193) and John XXII. approved. In the 11th century a fortress was built at the highest point of the municipality, called Bonifacia , which later became the Church of Santa Maria ad Neves. The presumed birth of Pope Eugene III is unproven. in place, which could have taken place around 1153. In 1238 the place joined the Lega ghibellina founded in Santa Maria a Monte . In the 13th and 14th centuries there was an ospedale in the village that belonged to the convent of Sant'Agostino di Nicosia (in what is now the Rezzano-Nicosia district). Montemagno belonged to the Republic of Pisa until it was conquered by Florence and later incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany . In 1880, Montemagno became part of Calci.
Attractions
- Santa Maria ad Nives , church in the center and at the highest point of the place, called Bonifacia . It was first mentioned in 1179 as belonging to the Pieve of Calci (today Pieve dei Santissimi Giovanni ed Ermolao ). In 1573 the church was baptized . The campanile was built between 1786 and 1811, using the bells of the Monastero di San Paolo all'Orto di Pisa.
- San Martino , church first mentioned in the 11th century. It was securely documented in 1276/1277. The campanile was built in 1746, the churchyard in 1863.
- Oratorio di San Rocco , chapel / oratory on the outskirts, which was built in 1632 and was created by survivors of the plague of 1630.
- San Lorenzo al Sasso , church in the Località San Lorenzo (formerly San Lorenzo ad Anghio), first mentioned in 1174 and documented in 1276/1277. From the 14th century it belonged to the Monastero di Nicosia, from 1575 it was under the church of Santa Maria ad Nives and from 1593 by decree of the Archbishop of Pisa , Carlo Antonio Dal Pozzo (1582-1607), the Monastero di San Paolo all'Orto di Pisa.
photos
- Images of Lago Boracifero
Santa Maria ad Nives
San Martino
San Lorenzo al Sasso
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: MONTE MAGNO, o MONTEMAGNO PISANO, detto DI CALCI, nel Val d'Arno di Pisa. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Emanuele Repetti: MONTE MAGNO, o MONTEMAGNO PISANO, detto DI CALCI, nel Val d'Arno di Pisa.
- ↑ a b Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Pisa, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ a b Italia in dettaglio
- ↑ a b Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives <Montemagno, Calci> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ a b c Il borgo di Montemagno nel Comune di Calci. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Chiesa di San Martino <Montemagno, Calci> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Emanuele Repetti: ANGHIO (Anglum). In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846).
- ↑ Oratorio di San Lorenzo al Sasso <Montemagno, Calci> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Italian)