Monteverdi Marittimo

Monteverdi Marittimo
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Pisa  (PI)
Coordinates	43 ° 11 '  N , 10 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 11 '0 "  N , 10 ° 43' 0"  E
height	364  m slm
surface	98 km²
Residents	767 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	56040
prefix	0565
ISTAT number	050021
Popular name	Monteverdini
Patron saint	Sant'Andrea (November 30th)
Website	Monteverdi Marittimo municipality
Panorama of Monteverdi Marittimo

Monteverdi Marittimo is a municipality with 767 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of Monteverdi Marittimo in the province of Pisa

The community extends over approx. 98  km² . It is located about 120 km southwest of the regional capital Florence and 50 km south of the provincial capital Pisa and is the southernmost municipality in the province. It is part of the Comunità montana Alta Val di Cecina ( Unione Montana Alta Val di Cecina ) and is located in the mountains of the Colline Metallifere in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone D, 2 039 GG. The river Cornia and the Torrenti Massera (11 of 12 km in the municipality), Masserella (every 7 km in the municipality), Ritasso (7 of 9 km in the municipality), Sterza (14 of 29 km in the municipality) and Sterzuola flow through the municipality (every 6 km in the municipality). The churches in the municipality of Monteverdi Marittimo are in the diocese of Massa Marittima-Piombino .

The districts are Canneto ( 295  m slm , approx. 180 inhabitants), Gualda and Pratella (both are considered località ).

The neighboring municipalities are Bibbona ( LI ), Castagneto Carducci (LI), Montecatini Val di Cecina , Monterotondo Marittimo ( GR ), Pomarance , Sassetta (LI) and Suvereto (LI).

history

The place was created around 754 together with the monastery Monastero di San Pietro in Palazzuolo . The castle Castello di Monteverdi was built before the year 1000. While the monastery was under the protection of Massa Marittima at that time , the place itself was under the rule of Volterra . The Republic of Florence conquered the place in 1472 and handed it over to the feudal lord Ferdinando Incontri under Ferdinando II. De 'Medici in 1665 . With the abolition of feudal rule in 1776 by Leopold II , the place fell back to the Duchy of Tuscany . After the end of the Napoleonic occupation in 1815, the place was again under the Duchy of Florence, but under Pisan administration. From 1837 until the unification of Italy , the municipality belonged to Grosseto , then it was divided into the new province of Pisa.

Attractions

The church Chiesa di Sant'Andrea in the town center

The Piazzetta della Torre square in the center

The district of Canneto with the campanile of the Church of San Lorenzo (right)

The ruins of the monastery and church of San Pietro in Palazzuolo

In the town center

• Chiesa di Sant'Andrea , medieval church in the town center. Was changed in the 19th century, but still partially contains the original structures.
• Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento , chapel built in 1751 near the main church of Sant'Andrea.

In the district of Canneto

• Canneto ramparts, with the fortified gates
  • Porta alla Buca
  • Porta agl'Archi
• Chiesa di San Lorenzo a Canneto , church built around the 12th century in the district of Canneto.

Out of town

• Monastero di San Pietro in Palazzuolo , a monastery built in 754 just outside the main town at Poggio a Badia (approx. 2 km southeast of the main town). Sheltered by the Vallombrosans since 1298 and abandoned in 1561.

Community partnerships

Monteverdi Marittimo has a community partnership with:

• Yraifia , Western Sahara

literature

• Monteverdi Marittimo. in: Franco Lessi: I luoghi della Fede. Volterra e la Val di Cecina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46773-8
• Emanuele Repetti: MONTE VERDI, o MONTEVERDI fra la Val di Cornia e la Val di Cecina. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian).
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana , Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 423.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Monteverdi Marittimo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Monteverdi M.mo. Unione Montana Val di Cecina, accessed September 28, 2018 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on November 16, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Monteverdi Marittimo , accessed on November 16, 2013 (Italian)
5. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the Province of Pisa, accessed on November 16, 2013 (Italian)
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Franco Lessi: I luoghi della Fede. Volterra e la Val di Cecina. Online version: (Pisa-Val di Cecina), Regione Toscana: I luoghi della Fede , accessed on September 3, 2018 (Italian)
7. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Monteverdi Marittimo on municipal partnerships , accessed on November 16, 2013 (ital.)