Monterotondo Marittimo

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Monterotondo Marittimo
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Monterotondo Marittimo (Italy)
Monterotondo Marittimo
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
Coordinates 43 ° 9 '  N , 10 ° 51'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '46 "  N , 10 ° 51' 20"  E
height 539  m slm
surface 102.51 km²
Residents 1,298 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 58025
prefix 0566
ISTAT number 053027
Popular name Monterotondini
Patron saint San Lorenzo
(August 10th)
Website Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo
Monterotondo Marittimo

Monterotondo Marittimo is an Italian municipality with 1298 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Grosseto in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of the municipality of Monterotondo Marittimo in the province of Grosseto

The community extends over around 103 km². It is located about 45 km northwest of the provincial capital Grosseto and 80 km southwest of the regional capital Florence in the Colline Metallifere and in the Cornia Valley (Val di Cornia). Monterotondo Marittimo is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2 270 GG. The river Cornia (9 of 49 km in the municipality) and the Torrente Milia (12 of 20 km in the municipality) flow through the local area .

The districts include Frassine ( 168  m slm , approx. 30 inhabitants) and Lago Boracifero ( 208  m slm , approx. 50 inhabitants). The main town itself has about 800 inhabitants.

The neighboring municipalities are Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina ( PI ), Massa Marittima , Monteverdi Marittimo (PI), Montieri , Pomarance (PI) and Suvereto ( LI ).

history

The place originated in the Middle Ages as part of the Abbey of Monteverdi Marittimo and was first mentioned on December 30, 1128 as Mons Ritundus . At that time the place was under the control of the Alberti family, who negotiated contracts with Massa Marittima and Volterra at the beginning of the 13th century . From 1262, Massa Marittima ruled over the town by buying both halves of the town, which in 1331 stood on the side of Pisa against Siena, lost the war and lost parts of the castle. Two years later, the town was again under the authority of the municipality of Massa Marittima, which gave it to the same after its defeat by the Republic of Siena. After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 against the Republic of Florence , the place fell to the Duchy of Tuscany . Monterotondo Marittimo submitted to the gentlemen from Florence on December 7, 1554.

On August 19, 1970, Monterotondo Marittimo was the epicenter of an earthquake with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale (grade 6 on the Mercalli scale ), which shook the Colle Metallifere.

Attractions

Palazzo delle Logge
Biancane and fumarole in the Parco naturalistico delle Biancane
Madonna di Montenero near the district of Lago Boracifero
Santa Croce on Monte Santa Croce
  • Palazzo comunale (formerly Palazzo della Giustizia ), town hall from the early 16th century in the town center, which was mentioned in 1578. The clock tower dates from 1613.
  • Palazzo delle Logge , historic building in the town center, documented in 1578.
  • Chiesa di San Lorenzo , main church in the town center, which was probably built in the 15th / 16th centuries. It was restored in the 19th century and has older origins. Contains the work Madonna col Bambino in trono e angeli by the so-called Maestro di Monterotondo Marittimo (also Maestro di Pomerance ).
  • Cassero , also called Castello or Rocca degli Alberti , ruins of a fortification in the town center. Founded in the 12th century and owned by Count Conti Alberti da Prato in 1164. After the destruction by Senese troops, the Rocca was rebuilt in 1399 by Barna di Torino and restored by Bartolomeo Neroni ( Il Riccio ) under the rule of Siena in 1552 .
  • Porta alla Torre , still existing gate of the fortifications. The second defensive gate, Porta all'Olmo, no longer exists today.
  • Parco naturalistico delle Biancane , natural park with fumaroles .
  • Castello di Cugnano , ruined castle approx. 2 km southeast of the main town, which has been documented as belonging to the Aldobrandeschi since the 13th century .
  • Castiglion Bernardi , castle ruins that were mentioned as early as 770. Was destroyed by Pisa in the 14th century.
  • Rocchetta dei Pannocchieschi , located about 3 km southeast of the main town, castle ruins of the Senese family Pannocchieschi from the 13th century.
  • Lago Boracifero , geothermal systems with a natural geyser near the district of the same name.
  • Oratorio della Madonna di Montenero , oratory near the Fattoria del Lage near the district of Lago Boracifero. Created in 1853 on the initiative of François Jacques de Larderel.
  • Santuario della Madonna del Frassine , sanctuary in the Frassine district, which was enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries and restored in 1934.
  • Santa Croce , church on Monte Santa Croce , probably from the 13th century and formerly a hermitage (Eremo) of the Augustinian order .

literature

Web links

Commons : Monterotondo Marittimo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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 July 27, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Monterotondo Marittimo , accessed on July 27, 2013 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on July 27, 2013 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b Website of the municipality - Turismo Monterotondo Marittimo: La Storia. Note the storiche su Monterotondo Marittimo e il suo territorio. Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Italian)
  6. ↑ a b Website of the municipality - Turismo Monterotondo Marittimo: Siti archeologici. Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Italian)
  7. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: MONTE ROTONDO, e MONTE RITONDO (Mons Ritundus) in Val di Cornia.
  8. ↑ a b c Website of the municipality - Turismo Monterotondo Marittimo: Centro Storico. Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Italian)
  9. ↑ a b c d I Luoghi della Fede.
  10. ^ Website of the municipality - Turismo Monterotondo Marittimo: Le Biancane. Retrieved September 8, 2018 (Italian)
  11. ↑ a b c Giuseppe Guerrini: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto.