Rosia (river)

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Rosia
The Rosia just before the village of Rosia

The Rosia just before the village of Rosia

Data
location Italy, Tuscany, Province of Siena
River system Ombrone
Drain over Merse  → Ombrone  → Mediterranean
source Casole d'Elsa
43 ° 16 '24 "  N , 11 ° 7' 20"  E
muzzle near Orgia (district of Sovicille ) in the Merse coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′ 53 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 16 ″  E 43 ° 12 ′ 53 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 16 ″  E

length 18 km
Communities Casole d'Elsa , Chiusdino , Sovicille

The Rosia is an 18 km long tributary of the Merse in the province of Siena in Tuscany in Italy.

course

The Rosia rises near the Poggio Cetinone (412 m), one of the southernmost foothills of the Montagnola Senese mountain range , in the southeastern municipality of Casole d'Elsa and flows in a southeastern direction. Since it is not regulated in the upper reaches, it is known as Torrente Rosia. He spends a total of 4 km in the municipality of Casole d'Elsa and 3 km in that of Chiusdino . He spends the longest stretch in Sovicille (15 km), mostly running as a border river to Casole d'Elsa or Chiusdino. In the western municipality of Sovicille, the Rosia initially runs below the Castello di Montarrenti and then passes the medieval bridge Ponte della Pia just before the district of Rosia (205 m) in the municipality of Sovicille. After the place Rosia it flows through the western part of the Pian de Rosia with the districts Torri and Stigliano (both Sovicille) and flows into the Merse at Molino del Palazzaccio east of Orgia (Sovicille) .

The Rosia serves in the lower part together with the Serpenna to stabilize the water level of the Rosia plain (Pian de Rosia). It was regulated by means of small barriers under the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo in the second half of the seventeenth century. The river is part of the Riserva Naturale Alto Merse nature reserve .

photos

  • Bridge of Strada Provinciale 541 over the Rosia near Montarrenti

  • Bridge of Strada Provinciale 73 over the Rosia near Spannocchia

  • Medieval bridge Ponte della Pia near the village of Rosia

Web links

Commons : Rosia River  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b SIRA
  2. ↑ Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi. Bonechi, Florenz 1993, ISBN 88-7009-941-5 , p. 231
  3. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on March 17, 2013 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Parks.it on Riserva Naturale Alto Merse , accessed on March 17, 2013 (Italian)