Rosia (Tuscany)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | Sovicille | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 15 ' N , 11 ° 13' E | ||
| height | 205 m slm | ||
| Residents | 2,573 (2017) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53018 |
Rosia is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Sovicille in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is 3.3 km south of the capital Sovicille, 11.5 km southwest of the provincial capital Siena and 58 km south of the regional capital Florence . The place is in the Maremma countryside and on the northeastern edge of the Colline Metallifere at 205 m in the Montagnola Senese . The place is located on the river of the same name and also belongs to the Mersetal .
history
The place is first mentioned in 1156 as a castle of the Ardengheschi family . From May 27, 1202, Siena ruled the place. Rosia was set on fire by Uguccione della Faggiola in March 1316 . After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 against the Republic of Florence , the place also fell to the Duchy of Tuscany .
Attractions
- Castello di Montarrenti , 4 km southwest located castle at 345 meters above sea level. Was first mentioned in 1156 and fell under the control of Siena in 1217.
- Pieve di San Giovanni Battista a Rosia , church and pieve from the 11th century, renovated in the 14th century. Contains the work Madonna in trono col Bambino ei Santi Sebastiano e Antonio Abate by the Senese painter Guidoccio Cozzarelli (1450–1517) . Belongs to the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino .
- Ponte della Pia , stone arch bridge over the Rosia river
- Eremo di Santa Lucia a Rosia , a few meters south of the Ponte della Pia Hermitage , which geographically already belongs to Chiusdino .
literature
- Enrico Bosi: I Castelli della Toscana. Il Senese. Editrice Bonechi, Florence 1981, ISBN 88-7009-137-6 , p. 178 f.
- Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana Online edition of the University of Siena in Rosia
- Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 978-88-365-2767-0 , p. 825
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on March 17, 2013 (Italian)
- ↑ Official website of the municipality of Sovicille for the district of Rosia , accessed on December 12, 2011 (Italian)
- ↑ Official website of the municipality of Sovicille on Castello Montarrenti , accessed on December 14, 2011 (Italian)
- ↑ Online edition of the DBI on Guidoccio Cozzarelli , accessed on December 12, 2011 (Italian)