Montisi
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Montalcino | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 9 ' N , 11 ° 39' E | ||
| height | 413 m slm | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53020 |
Montisi is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Montalcino in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The district is located 5 km east of San Giovanni d'Asso , 15 km northeast of the capital Montalcino and 32 km southeast of the provincial capital of Siena at 413 meters above sea level in the Crete Senesi . The historic center is divided into the districts of Castello , Piazza , San Martino and Torre .
history
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1213 in a document by Rinaldo Griffolini di Monteghisi . In the 11th century the place was owned by the Scialenghi counts . From 1283 the place was an independent municipality. When Simone di Ranuccio Cacciaconte deglia Scialenghi died in 1295, he left his property to the Hospital Santa Maria della Scala . The hospital installed a grancia (similar to a Zehnthof ) here for autonomous supply of the hospital. The building was sold in 1775 by Leopold II to Jacopo Mannucci Benincasa , whose heirs are still owned by the Grancia today. On June 30, 1944, the main tower, similar to the Torre del Mangia of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, was destroyed by German troops . Today contains a restored 58-seat theater. The once independent place became part of Trequanda in 1777 . From 1878 to January 1, 2017, the place belonged to San Giovanni d'Asso and then became part of the municipality of Montalcino with San Giovanni d'Asso.
Attractions
- Pieve della Santissima Annunziata , also called Chiesa dell'Annnciazione or dell'Assunta , Pieve and church in the town center. Contains the painting Madonna col Bambino tra i Santi Paolo, Giacomo, Pietro, Luigi e Lodovico (1496) by Neroccio di Bartholomeo di Benedetto de 'Landi .
- Chiesa delle Sante Flora e Lucilla , church in the town center. The interior was restored in 1732.
- Oratorio di Sant'Antonio abate della compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento , church from the 16th century with facade and campanile from 1616. The church interior was restored in 1773. Contains the work Ultima Cena by Astolfo Petrazzi .
- Santuario della Madonna delle Nevi (Chiesa della Torricella), church consecrated in 1649.
- Oratorio di San Bartolomeo (also called Cappella della Croce or della Crocetta ), oratory just outside the town center, contains frescoes from the 14th century.
- Chiesa di Santa Lucia , church outside the town center from the 17th century.
literature
- Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46774-6 , p. 71 ff.
- Emanuele Repetti: MONTISI, già MONTE GHISI, o MONTE CHISI nella Valle dell'Asso. 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 978-88-365-2767-0 , p. 635.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emanuele Repetti: MONTISI, già MONTE GHISI, O MONTE Chisi nella Valle dell'Asso.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede: Le Crete senesi, la Val d'Arbia e la Val di Merse.
- ^ Grancia di Montisi. Comune di San Giovanni d'Asso, accessed January 24, 2014 (Italian).
- ^ Unione comuni di Montalcino e San Giovanni d'Asso nominato il commissario prefettizio. Ministry of Interior website, accessed January 12, 2017 (Italian)