Petroio (Trequanda)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Trequanda | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 9 ' N , 11 ° 41' E | ||
| height | 487 m slm | ||
| Residents | 335 (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53020 |
Petroio is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Trequanda in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is in the Val d'Orcia approx. 6 km southeast of the main town Trequanda, approx. 7 km north of Pienza and approx. 35 km southeast of the provincial capital Siena . The regional capital of Florence is approx. 70 km northwest. Montisi , a district of San Giovanni d'Asso, is approx. 4 km northwest, Castelmuzio , also a district of Trequanda, is approx. 2.5 km west. The place is at 487 m and had about 330 inhabitants in 2001. A few hundred meters south of the village flows the Torrente Trove , a tributary of the Asso ( Ombrone river system ).
history
The place was already settled at the time of the Etruscans and the Romans . The first documentary mention of Petroio is in 1175 as a fief of the Cacciaconti della Scialenga family, who ruled under the rule of Siena until 1266 and then handed over the rule to an administrator of the Republic of Siena. At the end of the 14th century the place was subordinate to the Salimbeni, a family of counts from Siena, and returned to the Republic of Siena after their quarrel with Siena. From 1500 the place was an independent comune and in 1777 became part of Trequanda.
Attractions
- Chiesa di San Giorgio , church in the town center. The church was built in the 14th century and is located in the diocese of Montepulciano-Chiusi-Pienza . The Campanile a vela ( bell gable ) was built in the 18th century.
- Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo , church in the town center. Contains by Taddeo di Bartolo the work Madonna col Bambino as well as several frescoes from the church of Sant'Andrea . An Ascensione di Cristo e Santi by Domenico Manetti and a Comunione di San Silvestro by Apollonio Nasini can be seen . The Madonna del Carmine is attributed to Ventura Salimbeni . The current church was built in 1885 on the side of the earlier church from the 14th century, which no longer exists today.
- Chiesa della Compagnia del Corpus Domini , former church / chapel of the castle. Was renovated in the 18th century and is hardly noticeable due to the non-existent facade.
- Museo della Terracotta , terracotta museum in the town center. Located in an ancient palace that was most likely the Palazzo Pretorio .
- Torre del Cassero was built in the 13th century. In front of the tower is the small terracotta statue of Brandano di Petroio .
- Torre Civica , formerly part of the castle. Today the highest tower in town.
- Chiesa di Sant'Andrea , church near the town center just below the porta, documented at least since 1360, when a small hospital was added to the church. The church itself is of Romanesque origin. The frescoes were later moved to the Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo.
- Cappella della Madonna del Parto , chapel just outside Petroio in the direction of Castelmuzio. Contains frescoes from the 15th century.
- Chiesa della Madonna della Rosa , church just outside the town center. It was named after the nun Rosa Generali, who was born in Petroio in 1648 and died in 1680.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Brandano da Petroio (* around 1488 in Petroio, † May 24, 1554 in Siena ), preacher , also known as Pazzo di Cristo .
photos
The church of San Giorgio in the center
The ceramic museum in the former Palazzo Pretorio in the town center
The Torre Civica in the center, the Campanile of Pietro e Paolo in the background
The church Chiesa di Sant'Andrea just outside the town center
The church Chiesa della Madonna della Rosa outside the town center
literature
- Arciconfraterinta di Misericordia di Siena (Ed.): Brandano da Petroio. L'uomo, il mistico, il profeta e il confratello. Il Leccio, Monteriggioni 2015, ISBN 978-88-98217-42-7
- Laura Martini (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Montepulciano e la Valdichiana senese. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46787-8 , pp. 110-114.
- Emanuele Repetti: PETROJO in Val d'Orcia. 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 88-365-2767-1 , p. 635 f.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Trequanda in Petroio
- Website of the Pro Loco in Trequanda on Petroio
- Ecomuseo Val di Chiana to Petroio
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Emanuele Repetti: PETROJO in Val d'Orcia.
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on March 15, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) , accessed on March 15, 2015 (Italian)
- ↑ a b c d e f g h Laura Martini (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Montepulciano e la Valdichiana senese.
- ↑ a b c d Ecomuseo Val di Chiana: Petroio
- ^ A b La mia terra di Siena: Petroio.
- ^ Gianfranco Molteni: Museo della Terracotta. In: Musei Senesi. Nuova Immagine Editrice, Siena 2007, ISBN 978-88-7145-255-5 , p. 191 ff.
- ^ A b Arciconfraterinta di Misericordia di Siena: Brandano da Petroio
- ↑ Gaspare De Caro: BARTOLOMEO because Petroio, ditto Brandano. In Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 6 (1964), accessed June 27, 2016 (Italian)