Monticello Amiata

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Monticello Amiata
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Panorama of Monticello Amiata
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Cinigiano
Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 29'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '18 "  N , 11 ° 28' 43"  E
height 734  m slm
Residents 425 (2001)
patron archangel Michael
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58044

Monticello Amiata is a fraction of the municipality of Cinigiano in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Monticello Amiata is located approx. 7 km east of Cinigiano, approx. 33 km northeast of the provincial capital Grosseto and approx. 100 km south of the regional capital Florence . Siena is about 50 km to the north, the capital Rome about 140 km to the southeast.

The place is in the Val d'Orcia on the road from Cinigiano to Arcidosso at 734  m slm and in 2001 had about 425 inhabitants. The most important body of water in the vicinity is the Zancona , which flows about 1 km to the east. The local churches belong to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .

history

The place was first documented in 860 by the monastery of San Salvatore di Monte Amiata . Other documents name the place under the name Montepinzutolo on April 5, 1027 in a document from Conrad the Elder that was addressed to the monastery of San Salvatore di Monte Amiata. In 1170 the place was given by Frederick I (Barbarossa) as a fief to the Lords of Tintinnano from Rocca d'Orcia . After that the place belonged partly to the Aldobrandeschi and the Republic of Siena. The place known as Montepinzutolo burned down in 1240, after which the place was rebuilt by the residents as Monticello. The church of San Michele Arcangelo dates from this time, and the place gave itself its statutes in 1261. At the beginning of the 14th century, the place came under the protection of Siena. Since 1413 a Podestà from Siena had a seat in the village. The statutes of 1261 were renewed in 1551. After the defeat of the Republic of Siena in 1555 against Florence, the town became part of the Medici Grand Duchy of Tuscany in 1559 .

Attractions

The church of San Michele Arcangelo in the town center
The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Val di Prata
  • San Michele Arcangelo , church in the center from the 13th century. Was restored and redesigned from 1815 to 1832 by the architect Paglierini. Contains works by Rutilio Manetti ( San Carlo Borromeo in preghiera , canvas painting, created in 1600, first altar on the right) and Bartolomeo Neroni (called Il Riccio , Madonna col Bambino in trono contornata da angeli ed adorata dai Santi Lorenzo ed Antonio abate , panel painting, around 1535 originated). The main altar contains two wooden figures from the 18th century, San Sebastiano and San Michele Arcangelo.
  • Casa museo di Monticello Amiata , ethnographic museum in the town center (Via Grande).
  • City walls and the two city gates
    • Porta San Francesco (also Porta Piccina), northern city gate.
    • Porta Monticelli (also Porta Grande), southern city gate.
  • San Sebastiano ( Oratorio della Compagnia di San Sebastiano ), church just outside the town center from the 16th century. Contains the painting Madonna col Bambino in gloria con San Nicola da Tolentino e Sant'Agostino by Domenico Manetti (created around 1650).
  • Santuario della Madonna di Val di Prata , sanctuary just outside the town center on the road to Arcidosso. First mentioned as a church in 1228, it became a sanctuary in the 15th century. Contains the painting Madonna col Bambino (also della Consolazione , 15th century). The sanctuary was restored between 1847 and 1863.
  • Cappella della Madonna del Lampino (formerly Gran Pino ), chapel at the Località Ripe. Made in the 16th century and contains the fresco Madonna col Bambino con i Santi Michele arcangelo e Pietro apostolo . The fresco was created in the 16th century and was restored in the 20th century.
  • Riserva naturale Poggio all'Olmo , natural park south of Monticello Amiata.

photos

  • Museum Casa Museo di Monticello Amiata.

  • The northern entrance gate of the fortifications (Porta San Francesco).

  • The southern entrance gate of the fortifications (Porta Monticelli).

  • Oratorio della Compagnia di San Sebastiano.

literature

Web links

Commons : Monticello Amiata  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: MONTICELLO (Monticlum) in Val d'Orcia.
  2. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on June 9, 2017 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b c Comune di Grosseto: Archivio delle tradizioni popolari della Maremma: Monticello Amiata , accessed on June 9, 2017 (Italian)
  4. ↑ a b c Felicia Rotundo / Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli: Cinigiano.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Bruno Santi: I Luoghi della Fede. Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma.
  6. ↑ Musei di Maremma on the Casa Museo di Monticello Amiata, accessed on June 9, 2017 (Italian)
  7. ^ Anna Benvenuti: Santuari di Toscana. Edizioni Cooperativa Firenze 2000, Florence 2002, p. 298
  8. ↑ parks.it: Riserva naturale Poggio all'Olmo , accessed on June 9, 2017 (Italian)