Monticiano

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Monticiano
coat of arms
Monticiano (Italy)
Monticiano
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
Coordinates 43 ° 8 '  N , 11 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '0 "  N , 11 ° 11' 0"  E
height 375  m slm
surface 109 km²
Residents 1,525 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 14 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 53015
prefix 0577
ISTAT number 052018
Popular name Monticianesi, Monticianini
Patron saint Beato Antonio Patrizi (June 5th)
Website Monticiano municipality
Panorama of Monticiano
Panorama of Monticiano

Monticiano is a place with 1525 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of Monticiano in the province of Siena

The place extends over 109  km² . It is located about 20 km southeast of the provincial capital Siena and about 65 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the range of hills of the Colline Metallifere (ore hills ) . The municipality is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 1 983 GR / G and is bordered in the north by the river Feccia and in the south by the Farma , which also serves as the border with the province of Grosseto (municipality of Roccastrada). The Merse flows through the municipality, but also serves as a border river in the northwest (to Chiusdino), in the north and in the east (Murlo).

Its districts include Bagni di Petriolo , Iesa , San Lorenzo a Merse , Tocchi and Scalvaia .

The neighboring municipalities are Chiusdino , Civitella Paganico (GR) , Murlo , Roccastrada (GR) and Sovicille .

history

The "Castello di Monticiano" is first mentioned in 1189 in a document from Pope Clement III. when the Castello was under the influence of the Bishop of Volterra . After the Battle of Benevento in 1266, it was occupied by Siena because the place gave refuge to the fugitive Ghibellines . During the war between Siena and Florence and before the defeat of Siena, Monticiano became part of the Duchy of Tuscany on November 30, 1554 .

During the Second World War , the place suffered considerable damage. The Antico Palazzo Comunale (13th century, also called Palazzo Pretorio and Palazzo del Podestà ) and the main gate of the city walls, the Porta Maggiore (also called Porta Senese and Porta di Sopra , was located in front of the Giusto e Clemente church) were destroyed.

Attractions

The Chiesa dei Santi Giusto e Clemente
The Chiesa del Beato Antonio Patrizi
The Palazzo Callaini
  • Chiesa dei Santi Giusto e Clemente , Romanesque church in the center of the village.
  • Chiesa del Beato Antonio Patrizio (actually Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo , also Sant'Agostino ), Romanesque church at the entrance to the town, named after the town's patron saint. Contains the Convento di Sant'Agostino ( Convent of Augustine ), a sacristy and a 14th century cloister . Above the left altar is the painting Morte del Beato Antonio Patrizi by Rutilio Manetti .
  • Palazzo Callaini , building in the town center (Piazza Garibaldi), approx. 13th century. In the 14th century, it probably belonged to the Benincasa family of Catherine of Siena . Later served as the office of the representative of Siena and as the palace of justice. The name Callaini goes back to the Callaini family who owned the house in the 19th century.
  • Palazzo Barsini , Via Barazzuoli, 18th century.
  • Porta Maremmana , the only remaining gate of the medieval city walls.
  • Santa Maria in Canonica , church just outside the village on the road to San Galgano. First documented in the 13th century and changed in 1821.
  • Il Parco di Kurt Laurenz Metzler , sculpture garden in Iesa.

traffic

Strada Statale 223 di Paganico runs through the eastern municipality

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

Web links

Commons : Monticiano  - 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 October 30, 2017 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  3. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: MONTICIANO (Monticianum) in Val di Merse.
  4. ↑ Ecomuseo Val di Merse to the Antico Palazzo Comunale , accessed on October 30, 2017 (Italian), with illustrations
  5. ↑ a b Ecomuseo Val di Merse to Castello Monticiano , accessed on October 30, 2017 (Italian)
  6. ↑ a b c Anna Maria Guiducci (a cura di) in: I Luoghi della Fede. Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse.
  7. ↑ Il Tirreno on the Pietro e Paolo Church in Monticiano, accessed on October 30, 2017 (Italian)
  8. ↑ Ecomuseo Val di Merse to Palazzo Callaini , accessed on October 30, 2017 (Italian)
  9. ↑ Ecomuseo Val di Merse to Via Barazzuoli , accessed on October 30, 2017 (Italian)
  10. ↑ Il Tirreno on the Chiesa di Santa Maria in Canonica, accessed on August 30, 2018 (Italian)