Montorsaio

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Montorsaio
MontorsaioCampagnaticoPanorama1.JPG
Panorama of Montorsaio
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Campagnatico
Coordinates 42 ° 53 '  N , 11 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 53 '26 "  N , 11 ° 12' 13"  E
height 384  m slm
Residents 178 (2011)
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58042

Montorsaio is a district (Italian Frazione ) of Campagnatico in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 8 km west of the main town and about 14 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto in the Maremma countryside and in the lower Ombrone valley (Valle inferiore dell'Ombrone). The place is 384  m slm and has about 170 inhabitants.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1147 in a document by Ugolino Scolario dei Visconti and in 1188 in a document by Pope Clement III. In the 12th century, the mining of silver and lead , the mines of which were between Montorsaio and Batignano , became an important economic factor for the place. From the beginning of the 13th century the castle belonged to the Ardengheschi from Siena, who expanded the fortifications and built the Cassero . From 1255 the place belonged to the Republic of Siena, which in 1270 temporarily left it to the Salimbeni family from Siena as a settlement of loans for the battle of Montaperti . Since Siena could not pay the debts, Montorsaio and five other castles, including Rocca d'Orcia , passed into the possession of the Salimbeni on January 17, 1274. Despite repeated attempts by the Republic of Siena from the 1350s to regain possession of the castle, the Salimbeni resisted until August 22, 1404. In 1432 the statutes were drawn up . After the defeat of the Republic of Siena against Cosimo I de 'Medici , Montorsaio resisted with Siena (in exile in Montalcino ) until the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in 1559 and then became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany .

Attractions

The church of Santi Cerbone e Michele in the center of Montorsaio
  • Chiesa dei Santi Cerbone e Michele , first mentioned in 1188 church in the town center. It used to contain the work Madonna col Bambino by Sano di Pietro , which is now in the Museum of Sacred Art of the Diocese of Grosseto .
  • Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso , church in the town center, which was rebuilt after the damage from the Second World War. Contains a wooden cross from 1629 and the wooden figure Vergine annunciata by a Senese artist from the early 15th century.
  • Cisterna di Montorsaio , medieval fountain in the town center.
  • Monumento ai Caduti , World War II monument in the town center.
  • Convento di San Benedetto alla Nave , Convention about 4 km outside Montorsaio on the slopes of the mountain Monte Leoni . Originated in the 14th century by the followers of Fra Dolcino and abandoned in 1751. First belonged to the Benedictines and then from 1428 to the observance movement .
  • Monuments in Montorsaio

  • The Church of Santissimo Crocifisso

  • The Cisterna di Montorsaio cistern

  • World War Memorial in Montorsaio

  • The Montorsaio cemetery

  • San Benedetto alla Nave

traffic

The place has a junction on Strada Statale 223 di Paganico .

literature

  • Alessandra Carniani: I Salimbeni. Quasi una signoria. Protagon Editori, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-8024-090-0
  • Daniele Chiti: La visita Gherardini del 1676 al Capitanato di Giustizia di Grosseto ( copy for Montorsaio ), Dipartimento di Storia, University of Siena
  • Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 , p. 113.
  • Emanuele Repetti: MONTE ORSAJO, o MONT'ORSAJO nella Valle inferiore dell'Ombrone sanese. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
  • Felicia Rotundo, Maria Mangiavacchi: Campagnatico. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 , p. 115 ff.
  • Bruno Santi (Ed.): I Luoghi della Fede. Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46786-X

Web links

Commons : Montorsaio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Emanuele Repetti: MONTE ORSAJO, o MONT'ORSAJO nella Valle inferiore dell'Ombrone sanese.
  2. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Grosseto, accessed on April 18, 2014 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b c d Bruno Santi (Ed.): I Luoghi della Fede. Grosseto, Massa Marittima e la Maremma.
  4. ↑ a b Felicia Rotundo, Maria Mangiavacchi: Campagnatico.
  5. ↑ a b Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto.
  6. ↑ a b Alessandra Carniani: I Salimbeni. Quasi una signoria.
  7. ↑ Pietre della Memoria on the fallen war memorial in Montorsaio, accessed on August 26, 2019 (Italian)