Pratovecchio
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Arezzo (AR) | ||
| local community | Pratovecchio Stia | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 47 ' N , 11 ° 43' E | ||
| height | 420 m slm | ||
| Residents | 2,075 (2001) | ||
| Telephone code | 0575 | CAP | 52015 |
Pratovecchio is a district of Pratovecchio Stia with 3092 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place extends over approximately 75 km² . It is located almost 45 km north of Arezzo and 50 km east of Florence on the Arno and in the Casentino mountain valley . The place was part of the Comunità montana del Casentino .
Other districts include Campolombardo, Casalino, Castel Castagnaio, Gualdo, Lonnano, San Donato, Tartiglia, Valiana and Villa.
The neighboring towns are Bagno di Romagna ( FC ), Castel San Niccolò , Londa ( FI ), Montemignaio , Pelago (FI), Poppi , Rufina (FI), Santa Sofia (FC) and Stia .
history
Founded in the Middle Ages as a fief of the Count Guidi family , the town fell under the control of the Republic of Florence at the beginning of the 15th century . In 1929 the place Pratovecchio Stia was created by merging with the neighboring municipality of Stia . This restored the administrative unit from 1872, when Pratovecchio was allocated to different parishes. Due to the dissatisfaction of both places about this merger, the places were separated again in 1934. The municipalities were merged again on January 1, 2014.
Attractions
- Castello di Romena , a castle built in 1088, which is located on a mountain about 200 m above the main town.
- Chiesa dei Santi Vito e Modesto , church in the Lonnano district, which dates from the 12th century. Contains the work Santi Vito e Modesto inginocchiati by Benedetto Veli.
- Chiesa di San Biagio , church built in the 11th century.
- Chiesa di Santa Maria a Poppiena , first documented church in 1099. Restored in 1935 by Giuseppe Castellucci and contains the work Annunciazione by Giovanni dal Ponte.
- Chiesa di San Romolo a Valiana , church from 1126 in the Valiana district.
- Monastero di Santa Maria della Neve , monastery in the center of the village on Piazza Landino, founded in 1567. Contains frescoes by the Camaldolese monk Giuseppe Baccani.
- Monastero e chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista , monastery and church in the center of the village on Piazza Landino. Originated in 1134 by the Guidi and contains the work Incoronazione della Vergine da parte della Trinità ei Santi Giovanni Battista, Giovanni Evangelista, Romualdo e Benedetto by Giovanni Bizzelli (created in 1600).
- Pieve di San Pietro a Romena , Pieve from the 12th century that belongs to the Castello di Romena.
- Propositura del Santissimo Nome di Gesù , church built between 1592 and 1661, which is now the main church in the town. Contains works by Giovanni del Biondo ( Madonna con il Bambino ei Santi Pietro e Paolo e il laterale con i Santi Giovanni Battista e Sant'Antonio Abate , created in 1386) and Francesco Mati ( Madonna del Rosario coi quindici misteri , created in 1589).
Town twinning
Pratovecchio maintains the following cities partnerships :
Sons and daughters of the place
- Cristoforo Landino (1424–1498), Italian humanist and poet, teacher of rhetoric and poetics, State Chancellor of the Republic of Florence
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: PRATO VECCHIO (Pratum vetus) nel Val d'Arno casentinese. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
- Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 978-88-365-2767-0 , pp. 804 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the municipality on the history of Pratovecchio , accessed on September 11, 2016 (Italian)
- ↑ Bethlehem Twinning cities / Italy / Pratovecchio and Montevarchi , accessed on April 13, 2018 (English)
- ↑ Uffenheim.de: City partnerships , accessed on July 23, 2018 (German)