Porrona

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Porrona
PorronaCinigianoPanorama.JPG
Panorama of Porrona
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Cinigiano
Coordinates 42 ° 55 '  N , 11 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 54 '39 "  N , 11 ° 24' 31"  E
height 254  m slm
Residents 25 (2001)
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58040

Porrona is a district of Cinigiano in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is about 2 km northwest of the main town Cinigiano, about 27 km northeast of the provincial capital Grosseto and about 100 km south of the regional capital Florence . Siena is approx. 60 km north, the capital Rome approx. 150 km southeast. The place is at 254 m and had about 25 inhabitants in 2001. The place is located in the Ombrone Valley (Valle dell'Ombrone) on the south side of the Ombrone, other important bodies of water in the area are the Torrenti Trisolla (13 km in length), which flows between Porrona and the main town of Cinigiano, and the Ribusieri (14 km Length), which flows about 2 km northeast. Both are left tributaries of the Ombrone and belong to the river system of the same name.

history

The place with its castle was first mentioned in 1208 and belonged to the properties of the Republic of Siena. After that, the place belonged to the Senese families Piccolomini and Tolomei. In 1377 Porrona was almost completely destroyed by the Brettoni and Guasconi militias. In 1438 the place belonged again to Siena and was again divided between the Piccolomini and the Tolomei. The Tolomei gave their part of the place (Porrona di Sopra) under Jacopo di Stefano di Tolomei in 1458 to the Augustinian monks of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Siena. The lower part (Porrona di Sotto) remained with the Piccolomini.

Attractions

The parish church Pieve di San Donato in the town center
  • Castello di Porrona , castle within the ramparts in Piazza Tolomei. According to the inscription in the atrium, it was created in 1504 by Antonio Piccolomini Todeschini.
  • Pieve di San Donato , Pieve in the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino . The church is located in Piazza Tolomei and was first mentioned in 1287 as being dependent on the Abbey of Sant'Antimo . In 1317 it belonged to the Pieve di Santa Maria ad Oppiano, which no longer exists today, and was included in the diocese of Montalcino in 1462. Contains the painting San Nicola vescovo in trono con due Angeli reggicortina e committenti inginocchiati (restored and attributed in 1980 ) by Giovanni dal Ponte (Giovanni di Marco) and the painting Madonna in trono col Bambino by Girolamo di Benvenuto .
  • Porta Senese , the only gate of the fortification, was built in the 13th century by the Senese government, who also had the fortification walls built.
  • Madonna delle Grazie , also known as Madonna della Pioggia , a building erected at the end of the 15th century just north of the ramparts of Porrona.

photos

  • The Castello di Porrona castle .

  • The access gate to the fortifications (Porta Senese).

  • The Madonna delle Grazie church.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on May 25, 2016 (Italian)
  2. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: PORRONA nella Valle dell'Ombrone sanese.
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the Trisolla River , accessed on May 25, 2016 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the Ribusieri River , accessed on May 25, 2016 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c d Felicia Rotundo / Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli: Cinigiano.
  6. ↑ a b c Bruno Santi: I Luoghi della Fede. L'Amiata e la Val d'Orcia.