Pogi
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Arezzo (AR) | ||
| local community | Bucine | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 28 ' N , 11 ° 37' E | ||
| height | 226 m slm | ||
| Residents | 248 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 055 | CAP | 52021 |
Pogi is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality of Bucine in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .
geography
The place is about 1.5 km south of the capital Bucine, about 22 km west of the provincial capital Arezzo and about 45 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Ambratal (Val d'Ambra) and on the river Ambra. The place is 226 m slm and 2001 had 246 inhabitants. In 2011 there were 248 residents.
history
From 1138 the monks of the Badia Agnano Abbey owned a mill in the village. The castle of Pogi belonged from 1260 to the property of the Guidi , who took over the castle from the already subordinate Alberico da Pogi. In the early 14th century, Pier Saccone Tarlati di Pietramala, brother of Guido Tarlati , took control of the village, but lost it again to the Guidi in 1322. In 1337 Pogi submitted to the Republic of Florence.
Attractions
- San Donato , church of the castle of Pogi Alto. The church belongs to the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro and was first documented in 1260.
- Chiesa della Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento , church just outside the former castle.
- Ponte romano di Pogi , five-arched stone bridge that was built on the Via Cassia in Roman times and rebuilt in the Middle Ages. The pillar parts of the Roman bridge were integrated. Documented by Agnano Abbey in the 12th century.
The Church of San Donato
Remains of the fortifications of the castle
The Pogi Bridge
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: POGGI, o POGI, talvolta Poci, in Val d'Ambra. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
Web links
- Pogi on the Bucine Municipality website
- italia.indettaglio.it to Pogi
- CAI Valdarno Superiore to Pogi
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Emanuele Repetti: POGGI, o POGI, talvolta Poci, in Val d'Ambra.
- ↑ a b Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Arezzo, accessed on March 8, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Italia in dettaglio
- ↑ a b c Cai Valdarno Superiore: Il castello di Pogi.
- ↑ Chiesa di San Donato <Pogi, Bucine> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on March 8, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Chiesa della Compagnia del Santissimo Sacramento <Pogi Alto, Bucine> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on March 8, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ a b Website of the municipality of Bucine zu Pogi
- ^ Website of the Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza ( Museo Galileo ), accessed on March 8, 2020