Pozzo della Chiana
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Arezzo (AR) | ||
| local community | Foiano della Chiana | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 18 ' N , 11 ° 48' E | ||
| height | 312 m slm | ||
| Residents | 828 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 0575 | CAP | 52045 |
Pozzo della Chiana is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality of Foiano della Chiana in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .
geography
The place is about 4.5 km north of the capital Foiano della Chiana, about 20 km southwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and about 70 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the northern Chiana Valley . The place is at 312 m slm , is the most populous district of Foiano della Chiana and had 774 inhabitants in 2001. In 2011 there were 828 inhabitants, 1551 around 300 inhabitants and in 1833 there were 1370 inhabitants. The closest place is Marciano della Chiana , it is about 2 km northwest. The churches of Pozzo della Chiana are in the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro .
Attractions
- San Biagio , church in the town center, built in 1953 over the remains of the old church. The old church comes from the 14th / 15th centuries. Century and was destroyed on July 3, 1943 by German troops.
- Santissimo Crocifisso , chapel in the town center, built around 1601 (according to the inscription on the window above the portal).
- Monumento ai Caduti , war memorial in the center of the town on the Piazza Don Blasi, which was built in 1923 and was later expanded to include the names of those who died in the Second World War.
- Santissimo Sacramento , church about 1.5 km east of Pozzo della Chiana shortly after Fontelunga. Was built after 1697 over a chapel that had already been laid out.
- Tempio di Santo Stefano della Vittoria (also Santa Maria alla Vittoria ), a temple just south of Pozzo della Chiana, which was built from 1569 to 1572 at the request of Cosimo I de 'Medici on the occasion of the victory on August 2, 1554 against the Republic of Siena in the battle of Scannagallo originated. The octagonal structure was probably built under the direction of Giorgio Vasari and Bartolomeo Ammanati . It is named after Stephen , whose feast day was celebrated on August 3rd in connection with the Order of St. Stephen , to which the temple belonged. At the beginning of the 17th century the building went to the Fraternità di Santa Maria di Foiano, which determined the additional name. Since 1785 the temple has belonged to the municipality of Foiano della Chiana. The interior contains three panel paintings by Orazio Porta, including the works of San Girolamo incoronato da un angelo and Cristo fra due santi e la Vergine (1572).
The Santissimo Crocifisso chapel
The Santissimo Sacramento Chapel
The temple of Santo Stefano della Vittoria
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traffic
The closest connection point to long-distance traffic is Monte San Savino , about 6 km to the north-west. The junction is on the A1 .
Sons and daughters of the place
- Valentina Giovagnini (1980–2009), pop singer
literature
- Stefano Casciu (ed.): I Luoghi della Fede: Cortona e la Valdichiana aretina. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46783-5
- Emanuele Repetti: POZZO in Val di Chiana. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
Web links
- italia.indettaglio.it to Pozzo della Chiana
- Website of the Pro Loco in Pozzo della Chiana
- I luoghi della Fede (Arezzo, Valdichiana)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Emanuele Repetti: POZZO in Val di Chiana.
- ↑ a b Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Arezzo, accessed on May 8, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Italia in dettaglio
- ↑ Chiesa di San Biagio <Pozzo della Chiana, Foiano della Chiana> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on May 14, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso <Pozzo della Chiana, Foiano della Chiana> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on May 14, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Pietre della memoria: 6217 - Monumento ai Caduti di Pozzo della Chiana. , accessed on May 14, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Chiesa del Santissimo Sacramento <Pozzo della Chiana, Foiano della Chiana> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on May 14, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ a b c valdichianaaretina: Tempio di Santa Maria alla Vittoria Foiano .
- ↑ a b c I Luoghi della Fede.