Rapale (Tuscany)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Arezzo (AR) | ||
| local community | Bucine | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 22 ' N , 11 ° 36' E | ||
| height | 484 m slm | ||
| Residents | 12 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 055 | CAP | 52021 |
Rapale is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the Italian municipality of Bucine in the province of Arezzo in Tuscany .
geography
The place is about eleven kilometers south of the capital Bucine, about 25 km southwest of the provincial capital Arezzo and about 50 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Ambratal (Val d'Ambra). The place is at 484 m slm and 2001 had 24 inhabitants. In 2011 there were 12 residents.
history
In the conflict between Ghibellines and Guelphs , the castle was set on fire on June 7, 1307 by troops from Florence and the place was destroyed. According to the Trattato di Sarzana (also Pace di Sarzana ) of March 31, 1353 between Siena, Florence, Perugia and Giovanni Visconti , the place belonged to the Ghibelline family of the Ubertini from Arezzo. In 1385 the Ubertini placed the place under the control of Florence, but it was conquered by Siena in the renewed conflict between Ghibellines and Guelphs in 1430 and remained with Siena until 1433 when it was recaptured from Florence. The Ubertini remained rulers of Rapale until 1504 when they were expelled from the Republic of Florence after an uprising led by Pietro Ubertini. In 1833 the place had 267 inhabitants.
Attractions
- San Miniato , church inside the castle, which belonged to the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro and was under the Pieve of Altaserra in Monte Benichi.
- Castello di Rapale , today's castle ruins. The defensive and access gate and a bastion of the defensive walls are still there today.
The defense gate (outside)
The defense gate (inside)
Remains of the defensive walls
Memorial to the fallen of the two world wars
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: RAPALE in Val d'Ambra. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)
Web links
- Rapale on the website of the Municipality of Bucine
- italia.indettaglio.it to Rapale
- CAI Valdarno Superiore to Rapale
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Emanuele Repetti: RAPALE in Val d'Ambra.
- ↑ a b Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Arezzo, accessed on February 5, 2020 (Italian)
- ↑ Italia in dettaglio
- ↑ a b Cai Valdarno Superiore: Il castello di Rapale.
- ↑ a b Chiesa di San Miniato <Rapale, Bucine> , website Chiese Italiane, Ufficio Nazionale per i beni culturali ecclesiastici e l'edilizia di culto e Servizio Informatico della Conferenza Episcopale Italiana, accessed on February 5, 2020 (Italian)