Ponte d'Arbia

Ponte d'Arbia
Panorama of Ponte d'Arbia
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Siena  (SI)
local community	Monteroni d'Arbia
2. Parish	Buonconvento
Coordinates	43 ° 10 '  N , 11 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 '5 "  N , 11 ° 27' 56"  E
height	151  m slm
Residents	472 (2017)
Telephone code	0577	CAP	53014

Ponte d'Arbia is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Monteroni d'Arbia and Buonconvento in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .

The Arbia river with the Ponte d'Arbia bridge in Ponte d'Arbia

The tributary of the Sorra (left) into the Arbia (right) in Ponte d'Arbia, south of the bridge

geography

The place is 8 km south of the capital Monteroni d'Arbia, 3 km north of Buonconvento and 25 km southeast of the provincial capital Siena . The place is on the rivers Arbia and Sorra in the Crete Senesi landscape at 151 m on the Via Francigena and the Via Cassia . It is the southernmost district of Monteroni, in 2001 about 450 inhabitants lived here. The municipality of Buonconvento begins south of the bridge. The old chapel and the no longer active mill are located here. The part that belongs to Buonconvento is 149 m and has about 25 inhabitants.

history

The place was known as Borgo d'Arbia in the Middle Ages and had mills for Santa Maria della Scala in the 13th century . It was mainly known for its location on the Via Francigena and the death of Henry VII in 1313 in the immediate vicinity. The place of death is near Serravalle, which today belongs to the municipality of Buonconvento. The first bridge over the Arbia was built in 1388 by the government in Siena and was built in 1656 by Matteo de 'Medici (also called Mattias de' Medici , * April 9, 1613, † October 14, 1667, son of Maria Magdalena of Austria and Cosimo II . de 'Medici ) renewed. In 1969 the church Chiesa della Santa Famiglia was built , located in the northern part of the Monteroni d'Arbia side on the road to Lucignano d'Arbia .

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana. Online edition of the University of Siena at Ponte d'Arbia

Web links

Commons : Ponte d'Arbia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Province of Siena on Via Francigena and Ponte d'Arbia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Siena, accessed on November 26, 2016 (Italian)
2. ^ I percorsi della Via Francigena nelle terre di Siena. Editrice Le Balze, Montepulciano 2003, ISBN 88-7539-002-9 , p. 162
3. ↑ Official website of the Province of Siena on the Via Francigena and Ponte d'Arbia, accessed on January 31, 2012 (Italian)
4. ↑ Repetti
5. ↑ Il Tirreno zu Santa Famiglia a Ponte d'Arbia, accessed on November 26, 2016 (Italian), with ill.

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