Ortignano Raggiolo

Ortignano Raggiolo
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Arezzo  (AR)
Coordinates	43 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 40 ′ 51 ″  N , 11 ° 44 ′ 59 ″  E
height	483  m slm
surface	36.41 km²
Residents	868 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	24 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	52010
prefix	0575
ISTAT number	051027
Popular name	Ortignanesi
Patron saint	San Matteo (September 21)
Website	Ortignano Raggiolo municipality
Panorama of Ortignano Raggiolo (Ortignano Alto)

Ortignano Raggiolo is an Italian municipality with 868 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region .

The Reggiolo Group is a member of the I borghi più belli d'Italia association (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

geography

Location of Ortignano Raggiolo in the province of Arezzo

The community extends over around 37  km² . It is located about 25 km northwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and 40 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Casentino Valley and in this in the Teggina Valley ( Valle del Teggina ) along the Teggina River (14 of 14 km in the local area). Ortignano Raggiolo is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone E, 2 377 GR / G

The districts include Badia a Tega ( 648  m slm , approx. 50 inhabitants), Ortignano (483 m, approx. 150 inhabitants), Raggiolo (586 m, approx. 130 inhabitants), San Piero in Frassino (351 m, approx. 250 inhabitants) and villa (500 m, approx. 75 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Bibbiena , Castel Focognano , Castel San Niccolò , Loro Ciuffenna and Poppi .

history

The place was created in 1873 as a merger of the previously independent municipalities Ortignano and Raggiolo . The name of Ortignano was mentioned for the first time in 1247 and probably comes from the Roman name Hortinius, whereas the name of Raggiolo was attested as early as 967, still under the name Ragiola. It comes from the Latin word radius , here in the sense of borderline . The districts of Badia a Tega, Frassina and Uzzano Casentinese belonged to Ortignano, but Raggiolo had none. In the 13th century Ortignano belonged to the Counts Guidi , who built the castle there. Raggiolo, on the other hand, belonged to the Ubertini family. In the following century both places were occupied by the Republic of Florence and Charles IV gave them to the Bishop of Arezzo, Boso degli Ubertini. From there on, the two communities belonged continuously to the Duchy of Tuscany , with the exception of the Napoleonic occupation at the beginning of the 19th century .

Attractions

The church of Santi Margherita e Matteo in Ortignano

The Church of San Michele in Raggiolo

The church of Sant'Antonio in the district of Badia a Tega (Ortignano)

• Chiesa dei Santi Margherita e Matteo , Pieve in the Ortignano district, which was given the title Pieve in 1699. Initially dedicated to Santa Margherita, it contains the painting Madonna con il Bambino by Giacomo Pacchiarotti .
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio , church in the district of Badia a Tega (Ortignano), which was created by the Camaldolese . Contains the work Madonna con il Bambino tra San Giovannino e San Gualberto from the late 16th century, which is attributed to the school of Raffaellino del Colle , and two canvas paintings ( Anima dannata and Angeli del Paradiso ) from the early 17th century.
• Chiesa di San Michele , church in Raggiolo that was originally part of the Guidi Palace. Was declared a pieve in the 18th century and restored in 1829. Contains the works Madonna col Bambino ( attributed to the workshop of Donatello ) and Redentore ( attributed to the workshop of Andrea Ferrucci), both works from the 15th century.
• Cappella del Sepolcreto , a chapel in the center of Raggiolo from the 14th century, was renovated in the 20th century.
• Museo della Castagna , chestnut museum in Raggiolo.

literature

• Giovanni Caselli: Casentino - Guida Storico Ambientale. Editrice Le Balze, Montepulciano 2003, ISBN 88-87187-81-9
• Emanuele Repetti: ORTIGNANO nel Val d'Arno casentinese. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
• Emanuele Repetti: RAGGIOLO, RAGIOLO, talvolta REZZUOLO in Val d'Arno casentinese. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). , Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Ortignano Raggiolo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Ortignano Raggiolo
• I luoghi della Fede (Arezzo, Casentino)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 6, 2017 (Italian). 
3. ^ ^{A b} Giovanni Caselli: Casentino.
4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Ortignano Raggiolo , accessed on May 22, 2014 (Italian)
5. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on May 22, 2014 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
6. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and population figures 2001 in the province of Arezzo, accessed on May 22, 2014 (Italian)
7. ↑ toscana.indettaglio.it , accessed on January 15, 2010
8. ↑ ^{a b c} I Luoghi della Fede.
9. ↑ Cappella del Sepolcreto <Raggiolo, Ortignano Raggiolo> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on December 24, 2019 (Italian)
10. ↑ Ecomuseo della Castagna on the Ecomuseo del Casentino website, accessed on December 24, 2019 (Italian)