Pontecosi

Pontecosi
Panorama of Pontecosi with the Church of San Magno
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Lucca  (LU)
local community	Pieve Fosciana
Coordinates	44 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 23'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 8 '3 "  N , 10 ° 23' 15"  E
height	321  m slm
Residents	230 (2017)
Telephone code	0583	CAP	55036

Pontecosi is a district of Pieve Fosciana in the province of Lucca , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 2 km west of the capital Pieve Fosciana, about 33 km north of the provincial capital Lucca and about 80 km northwest of the regional capital Florence in the upper valley of the Serchio in the Garfagnana landscape . The place is 321 m and in 2001 had about 260 inhabitants. Today there are 230 inhabitants. A few meters southeast of the village, the Torrente Corfino (coming from north to south, total length 12 km) flows into the Lago di Pontecosi reservoir, which is part of the Serchio.

history

The place was first mentioned on April 29, 954 in a document from Cunerado, Bishop of Lucca . Lords of the place were the Gherardinghi, who were able to hold the place until the 13th century. In 1228 the place was under the influence of Pope Gregory IX as Comune de Pontecolsi . At the end of the 13th century the place fell under the rule of Lucca and in the 15th century it became part of the Vicaria estense di Castelnuovo Garfagnana der Este . The Rocca di Pontecosi castle, documented by Paolo Guinigi in 1410, no longer exists today.

Attractions

The Madonna delle Grazie church with the Ponte della Madonna bridge and the railway bridge over the Corfino

Madonna Addolorata Church

• Chiesa di San Magno , first mentioned in 954 as Santa Felicita church in the town center, which was also documented in 1168 and 1285 under the name Santa Felicita.
• Chiesa della Madonna Addolorata , church in the town center, which was built in the 17th century. Has the memorial plaques on the facade for those who died in the two world wars.
• Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie (also called Madonna del Ponte ). Was documented in 1684 and was much smaller at the time. The renovation and expansion took place in the middle of the 19th century.
• Ponte della Madonna , medieval stone bridge at the mouth of the Corfino.
• Lago di Pontecosi , artificial reservoir created in 1925. The dam has a height of 33 m.

traffic

• The place had a stop on the Aulla Lunigiana – Lucca railway line until 2002 .

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: PONTECOSI, un dì PONTEGUOSI ora PONTICOSI, nella Valle superior del Serchio in Garfagnana. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Pontecosi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• pontecosi.it
• Contado Lucchese to the districts of Pieve Fosciana
• italia in dettaglio at Pontecosi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emanuele Repetti: Pontecosi, un dì PONTEGUOSI ora PONTICOSI, nella Valle superiore del Serchio in Garfagnana.
2. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Lucca, accessed on December 14, 2017 (Italian)
3. ↑ Italia in dettaglio to Pontecosi
4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the Sillico River , accessed on May 2, 2016 (Italian)
5. ↑ ^{a b} Contado Lucchese
6. ↑ Arcidiocesi di Lucca for the Chiesa San Magno in Pontecosi , website of the Archdiocese of Lucca , accessed on December 14, 2017 (Italian)
7. ↑ pontecosi.it on the Church of Madonna Addolorata , accessed on December 16, 2017 (Italian)
8. ↑ pontecosi.it on the Church of Madonna delle Grazie , accessed on December 16, 2017 (Italian)
9. ↑ Lucca360 to Lago di Pontecosi , accessed on December 15, 2017 (Italian)