Orgia (Tuscany)

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Orgia
OrgiaSovicillePanorama5.jpg
Panorama of Orgia
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Siena  (SI)
local community Sovicille
Coordinates 43 ° 12 '  N , 11 ° 15'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 12 '19 "  N , 11 ° 15' 11"  E
height 250  m slm
Residents 66 (2017)
Telephone code 0577 CAP 53018

Orgia is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Sovicille in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 6 km south of the capital Sovicille, about 13 km southwest of the provincial capital Siena and about 60 km south of the regional capital Florence . The place is in the Maremma countryside and on the northeastern edge of the Colline Metallifere and in the Montagnola Senese at 250 m. In 2001 the place had about 50 inhabitants, in 2017 there were 66. The place is near the river Merse and its tributaries Rosia and Serpenna , which both flow below the place. The closest place is Brenna (approx. 2 km west, also a district of Sovicille).

history

The place was first documented in 730 in a donation from Mathilde von Tuszien to the Bishop of Volterra . Here Orgia was one of the lands bequeathed to the bishop. After that, the place was under the Ardengheschi from Civitella Marittima from around the 11th century . At that time there was the church of Santissima Trinità di Orgia with an adjoining hospital (no longer available today). After conflicts between the Ardengheschi and the Republic of Siena, Orgia and other castles and towns of the Ardengheschi had to swear allegiance to Siena on May 27, 1202. Four years later, the place came under the vicario imperiale based in San Quirico d'Orcia . In the conflict with Massa Marittima (supported by troops from Pisa ) in 1332, the place was badly damaged by troops led by Ciupo Scolari.

Attractions

The Church of San Bartolomeo
  • Chiesa di San Bartolomeo , 11th century church in the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino , which was subordinate to the Pieve San Giovanni Battista in Rosia . Was renewed in the 14th and 15th centuries and rebuilt in the 18th century. Contains the painting Martirio di San Bartolomeo on the high altar , which is attributed to the Senese painter Aurelio Martelli (also called Il Mutolo ). In a wall niche on the left side there was a fresco Madonna in trono col Bambino e santi , of which only the part of Sant'Antonio abate remains. Bartolomeo di David, a painter from the first half of the 16th century from the environment of Domenico Beccafumi, is believed to be the author .
  • Castello d'Orgia , former castle at the highest point of the village north of the Borgo, which was built in 1073 and fell apart around the 14th century. The Villa Castello , which was built by the Piccolomini with materials from the castle, stands in the same place today . The old castle contained the church of San Paolo, which was subordinate to the monks of Sant'Eugenio (Costafabbri) near Siena, as a privilege granted by Henry IV on June 4, 1081 shows.
  • Museo etnografico del bosco e della mezzadria , forest and natural lease museum shortly before the site. Made in 1993.
  • Molino del Palazzo (Località Palazzo a Merse ), mill just outside Orgia, which was built around 1246.
  • Castello di Capraia , castle just south of Orgia above the road to Recenza. Was also mentioned in 730 in the deed of donation from Mathilde von Tuszien. In the past it was also called Monte Capraia or Montecaprile and belonged to the Ardengheschi, who submitted to Siena in 1202. The fortification walls were badly damaged in the conflict between Siena and Florence in 1554 and are only partially preserved today.

photos

  • The Museo etnografico del bosco e della mezzadria museum

  • The river Merse at Orgia

  • The Rosia river near Orgia

  • The Serpenna barrage near Orgia

literature

Web links

Commons : Orgia (Sovicille)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on April 5, 2017 (Italian)
  2. ↑ Italia in dettaglio zu Orgia , accessed on February 1, 2017 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b c Official website of the municipality of Sovicille for the Orgia district
  4. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: ORGIA (Orgiae Castr.) Nella Val di Merse.
  5. ↑ Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede.
  6. ↑ Donatella Capresi, Silvia Nerucci, Lorenzo Maccari (eds.): Musei del Senese. nuova immagine, Siena 2007, ISBN 978-88-7145-255-5 , p. 256 ff.
  7. ↑ I Mulini sulla Merse , Official website of the municipality of Sovicille on the mills on the river Merse , accessed on April 5, 2017 (Italian)
  8. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Sovicille on the Castle Castello di Capraia , accessed on April 5, 2017 (Italian)