Montepescali

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Montepescali is a district of Grosseto in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

Panorama of Montepescali

geography

The place is 14 km north of the capital and the provincial capital Grosseto and about 100 km south of the regional capital Florence . Siena is about 50 km northeast. The place is at 222  meters above sea level and has about 300 inhabitants and is located about 2 km east of the Bruna river on the Brunatal (Valle della Bruna). It is located on a south-western foothill of the Monte Leoni mountain (614 m). Neighboring towns are Sticciano (north, municipality Roccastrada), Montorsaio (northeast, municipality Campagnatico ), Roselle (southeast), Braccagni (southwest) and Batignano (west, all districts of Grosseto).

history

The place was first documented in 1080, when the Aldobrandeschi ruled the place. These subordinated the place to the Pannocchieschi family. As early as 1147 there were attempts by three important families in the area to place themselves under the protection of Siena without distancing themselves from the Aldobrandeschi. This act was in 1221 completed in 1259 ruled Ildebrandino di Bonifazio from the scope of the Aldobrandeschi of Santa Fiora over the place and used political contacts to Siena, until he and his brother out of the frame of Sovana rose in 1266 against Siena and was beaten militarily. Siena had a governor in the place since at least 1291, the place itself submitted to Siena in an official document on August 6, 1301, which was recognized by Pope Boniface VIII . From the middle of the 14th century the Hospital Santa Maria della Scala was present in the village, the Grancia connected with it was created in 1378. The statutes of the place were created in 1427. After the defeat of Siena in the conflict with Florence (1554/55) the place went to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany . Ferdinando II. De 'Medici awarded the place together with Monticiano on July 25, 1629 as a feudal system to the Senese Count Orso di Ranieri de' Conti d'Elci. He in turn sold the place with the permission of Ferdinando II on October 13, 1631 to Girolamo Tolomei, also belonging to a noble Senese family. Lelio Tolomei sold in 1696 to the Marquis Pier Antonio Guadagni from Florence. This concession was renewed for Enea Silvio Guadagni in 1710 and lasted until 1722, when Cosimo III. de 'Medici awarded the fiefdom to Count Tommaso Federighi of Florence. At the request of Ferdinand III. Tommaso Corsi took over the fiefdom on February 26, 1819. After that the place belonged to Roccastrada and in 1905 it became part of Grosseto.

Attractions

The church Chiesa di San Niccolò in the town center near the Cassero
The church Chiesa dei Santi Stefano e Lorenzo just outside the city walls
The Baluardo a tre punte fortification near the Chiesa dei Santi Stefano e Lorenzo
  • Cassero Senese , fortification with clock tower (Torre dell'Orologio, was restored in 1492) at the highest point of the place. First arose as a convent for the church Chiesa di Santa Cecilia and was converted into a Rocca aldobrandesca in the 12th century , then into a Cassero.
  • Chiesa di San Niccolò , church in the town center. The church was first mentioned around 1275/76, around 1277 it is mentioned as Pieve. Contains several frescoes from 1389, which are attributed to the workshop of Bartolo di Fredi , and the canvas painting Madonna col Bambino tra Angeli ei Santi Sebastiano, Guglielmo di Malavalle, Maria Maddalena e Lucia by Matteo di Giovanni (c.1480, comes from the Chiesa dei Santi Stefano e Lorenzo).
  • Chiesa dei Santi Stefano e Lorenzo , church just outside the city walls, was first mentioned in 1188 in papal documents.
  • Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie , former church outside the city walls from the 13th century. Was desecrated in 1783 and has not been used since.
  • Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata , former church just outside the city walls near the Torre del Belvedere and the Porta Vecchia . Was first mentioned in the 13th century.
  • Medieval city walls (at least four rings, built between the 9th and 16th centuries) with the two city gates Porta Vecchia and Porta Nuova as well as the fortifications of Torre del Belvedere , Torre del Guascone and Baluardo a tre punte . The last work on the fortifications took place through Siena during the conflict with Florence.
  • Museo di storia locale Ildebrando Imberciadori , museum in the town center.
  • Palazzo del Podestà , built by Siena in 1291 near Porta Vecchia.
  • Palazzo dei Priori , the former seat of government in Piazza del Cassero.
  • Palazzo Grottanelli , belonged to Santa Maria della Scala.
  • Palazzo Guadagni (also Palazzo D'Elci ), building from the 13th century, belonged to Count Orso Niccolo Pannocchieschi conte d'Elci in the 17th century and from 1694 to the Guadagni from Florence.
  • Palazzo Guicciardini Corsi Salviati , building from the 14th century.
  • Palazzo Lazzaretti , also called Palazzo Lazzaretti-Concialini , building from the 14th century.
  • Palazzo Tolomei

traffic

  • The place has the exit Montepescali (coming from the south, no driveway) on Strada Statale 1 Via Aurelia . Entrances and exits from the north are to be made via the Braccagni junction a few kilometers north.
  • The place is with the stop Montepescali (Scalo) on the railway line Grosseto - Livorno .

literature

  • Carlo Citter: L'assetto urbanistico del castello di Montepescali nel Medioevo. in: Serena Fommei: Progetto Montepescali , I Portici Editore, Grosseto, pp. 31–52. ( Online version at academia.edu )
  • Carlo Citter: L'edilizia storica di tre castelli medievali. Batignano, Istia d'Ombrone, Montepescali. in: Serena Fommei: Progetto Montepescali , I Portici Editore, Grosseto. ( Online version at academia.edu )
  • Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 , p. 105.
  • Emanuele Repetti: MONTE PESCALI in the Valle della Bruna. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)
  • Nicoletta Maioli, Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli: Grosseto. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 , p. 136 ff.
  • Bruno Santi (Ed.): I Luoghi della Fede. Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46786-X
  • Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 859.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on May 16, 2014 (Italian)
  2. ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: MONTE PESCALI nella Valle della Bruna.
  3. ↑ a b c Carlo Citter: L'assetto urbanistico del Castello di Montepescali nel Medioevo.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Nicoletta Maioli, Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli: Grosseto.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Atlante Storico Topografico dei siti di interest storico culturale del Comune di Grosseto
  6. ↑ a b c Bruno Santi (Ed.): I Luoghi della Fede. Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma.
  7. ↑ a b Guerrini: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto.
  8. ↑ Carlo Citter: L'edilizia storica di tre castelli medievali. Batignano, Istia d'Ombrone, Montepescali.
  9. ↑ Website of the Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza ( Museo Galileo ) on the Museo di storia locale Ildebrando Imberciadori in Montepescali, accessed on May 21, 2014 (English)

Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 5'  E