Roccalbegna

Roccalbegna
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Grosseto  (GR)
Coordinates	42 ° 47 '  N , 11 ° 31'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 47 '13 "  N , 11 ° 30' 36"  E
height	522  m slm
surface	124.96 km²
Residents	951 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	8 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	58053
prefix	0564
ISTAT number	053020
Popular name	Rocchigiani, Roccalbegnìni
Patron saint	San Cristoforo (July 25th)
Website	Roccalbegna municipality
Panorama of Roccalbegna

Roccalbegna is a municipality with 951 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

Location of the municipality of Roccalbegna in the province of Grosseto

Porta di Maremma (Porta di Sotto) and the Senesian city wall, top right the Rocca

The municipality extends over around 125  km² and is about three kilometers south of Monte Labbro . It is located around 35 kilometers east of Grosseto and 110 kilometers south of Florence on the Albegna River , which spends 13 of its 70 km in the municipality. Other important waters are the Torrenti Trasubbino (10 of 23 km in the municipality) and Trasubbie (7 of 29 km in the municipality). Just south of the village, the Marlancione (also called Armancione ) flows towards the Albegna. Roccalbegna is located in the Morellino di Scansano wine-growing region and in the Colline dell'Albegna e del Fiora (Albegna and Fiora hills). It is part of the Comunità Montana Amiata Grossetana and is in the climatic classification of Italian communities in Zone E, 2 247 GG.

The districts include Cana (480 m, approx. 225 inhabitants), Santa Caterina (475 m, approx. 75 inhabitants), Triana (769 m, approx. 15 inhabitants) and Vallerona (569 m, approx. 220 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Arcidosso , Campagnatico , Manciano , Santa Fiora , Scansano and Semproniano .

history

The place Roccalbegna and the castle Rocca Albegna was first documented in 812 and 1210 in the writings of Otto IV. As Castro Roche Albegne to take over Abbadia San Salvatore . The place became the property of the Aldobrandeschi family in 1216 and remained so until the end of the same century when it was conquered by the Republic of Siena . They expanded the city walls from 1293 to 1296. After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 by the Republic of Florence , the town resisted under the rule of Siena, now in exile from Montalcino . After that, in 1559, after the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis (like Siena) , the place fell to the Duchy of Tuscany . Francis I subordinated Roccalbegna to the Counts of Santa Fiora in 1575 , in 1646 the place went to the Counts Bichi (later Bichi-Ruspoli) through Ferdinando II de 'Medici . After the abolition of feudal rule in 1751, the community returned to the Duchy of Tuscany. In 1783 the place Rocchette di Fazio , Semproniano and Triana was allocated, in 1787 Cana was added as a district, it previously belonged to Cinigiano. With the territorial reform of January 29, 1963, Semproniano (with the district Rocchette di Fazio) became independent.

Attractions

Madonna del Soccorso Church

Rocca Aldobrandesca (also called Sasso or Pietra )

Triana Castle

• Cassero Senese , a small fortress and observation complex from the 13th century, probably built by the Aldobrandeschi and expanded by the Senese troops. Was converted into a residence in 1446 by the Castellani Domenico d'Andrea and Gherardo di Mariano.
• Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo , church from 1296. Restored around 1380 by Andrea Vanni . Contains works by Alessandro Casolani ( Pietà ), Ambrogio Lorenzetti ( Madonna col Bambino, San Pietro e San Paolo , created around 1340) and Francesco Nasini ( Madonna con i Santi Cristoforo e Giacomo ).
• Chiesa della Madonna del Soccorso , 15th century church at the Porta di Maremma , just before the Senese city walls.
• Oratorio del Santissimo Crocifisso , now Roccalbegna Museum. The oldest work is the Croce by Luca di Tommè , which was created around 1360. Other works there are three paintings by Francesco Nasini ( Sant'Antonio da Padova col Bambin Gesù , San Nicola di Bari con l'Angelo and Madonna col Bambino ) and Madonna della Misericordia, Cristo in Pietà, Due confratelli in adorazione della Croce by Sebastiano Folli .
• Palazzo Bichi-Ruspoli , building of the Counts Bichi-Ruspoli from the 16th century.
• Palazzo Comunale , town hall, was restored in 1920.
• Palazzo della Lana (Palazzo of Wool), 13th century building on Via del Poggiolo.
• Porta di Maremma , also called Porta di Sotto , city gate of the Senese ring fortifications (13th century).
• Porta dell'Orologio (clock gate), dates from the 13th century.
• Towers of the ramparts, of which the Colombaiolo and Torrione towers have survived .
• Rocca aldobrandesca , also called Castello La Pietra , Sasso or La Rocca , fortress ruins on the highest rock above the town. Was rebuilt by Siena in 1296.
• Castello di Triana , a castle from the 8th century located five kilometers east of Roccalbegna , first mentioned in 1216 in documents of the Aldobrandeschi. In 1388 it came into the possession of the Piccolomini , who owned it until 1962. The adjoining chapel Cappella della Madonna di Loreto was built at the beginning of the 17th century and was expanded and rebuilt in 1744.
• Chiesa di San Bernardino di Siena , church in the Triana district, church from the 18th century.
• Rocca al Cane , castle and fort in the district of Cana, was first mentioned in 1216 in documents of the Aldobrandeschi. Passed to the Senese family of the Tolomei in 1274, then to the Counts of Battifolle. Became part of the Republic of Siena in 1381.
• Chiesa di San Martino , church in the district of Cana, which was built around 1277. Was restored in 1970 and changed significantly.
• Chiesa della Madonna del Conforto , church just outside of Cana. Documented in 1496 and contains an altar from 1635.
• Chiesa di San Pio in the district of Vallerona, built in 1641 as Chiesa della Visitazione and Madonna del Carmine , which was expanded in 1789 by Bishop Pio Santi.

literature

• Ippolito Corridori, Arturo Santioli: L'Amiata. Edizioni Cantagalli, Siena 1987.
• Giuseppe Guerrini / Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6
• Lucio Niccolai, Fiora Bonelli: Paesi dell'Amiata. Cesare Moroni Edizioni, 2003
• Emanuele Repetti: ROCCA ALBEGNA, o ROCCALBEGNA nella Valle dell'Albegna. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)
• Felicia Rotundo, Bruno Santi: Roccalbegna. In: Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0
• Bruno Santi: I Luoghi della Fede. L'Amiata e la Val d'Orcia. Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan 1999, ISBN 88-04-46780-0
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana , Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 887.

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Roccalbegna
• Website of the Pro Loco in Roccalbegna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Corridori / Santioli
3. ↑ Official website of the municipality  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on June 26, 2013 (Italian)  
4. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Roccalbegna , accessed on July 22, 2013 (ital.)
5. ↑ ^{a b} TCI
6. ^ ^{A b c} Niccolai / Bonelli
7. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on July 22, 2013 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
8. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on July 22, 2013 (Italian)
9. ↑ Repetti
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Rotundo / Santi
11. ↑ Official website of the municipality for the Cassero Senese  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on June 26, 2013 (Italian)  
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Santi
13. ↑ ^{a b} Giuseppe Guerrini