San Giustino

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San Giustino
Template: Infobox municipality in Italy / maintenance / coat of arms missingNo coat of arms available.
San Giustino (Italy)
San Giustino
Country Italy
region Umbria
province Perugia  (PG)
Coordinates 43 ° 33 '  N , 12 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 33 '0 "  N , 12 ° 11' 0"  E
height 336  m slm
surface 80.69 km²
Residents 11,104 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 138 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 06016
prefix 075
ISTAT number 054044
Popular name Sangiustinesi
Patron saint San Giustino
(June 1st)
Website San Giustino
Aerial view of San Giustino
Aerial view of San Giustino

San Giustino is an Italian municipality ( comune ) with 11,104 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Perugia in Umbria .

geography

The location of San Giustino in the province of Perugia

The municipality is located about 52 kilometers northwest of Perugia and about 25 kilometers northeast of Arezzo in the Tiber Valley . The municipality borders directly on the provinces of Arezzo ( Tuscany ) and Pesaro and Urbino ( Marche ).

The districts include Celalba, Cospaia (357 meters in altitude), Selci-Lama and Uselle-Renzetti.

The neighboring municipalities are Borgo Pace ( PU ), Citerna , Città di Castello , Mercatello sul Metauro (PU) and Sansepolcro ( AR ).

history

Since the Risorgimento , the place has seen a population increase from around 5,000 to around 10,000 in 2001.

Repubblica di Cospaia

For a long time the district of Cospaia was an independent republic. When Pope Eugene IV sold land to the Republic of Florence in 1440 , part of the land was not mentioned in the deed of purchase, so the residents immediately declared themselves independent. The independent area was then used for smuggling goods and made arable for tobacco cultivation. In 1826 the area (3.3 square kilometers) was then divided between Tuscany and the Papal States.

Attractions

  • Chiesa arcipretale di San Giustino , church in the center of the village
  • Chiesa del Santissimo Crocifisso , church built by Giovanni Ottavio Bufalini, contains works by the Della Robbia family
  • Castello Bufalini : The castle of Niccolò di Bufalini, built from 1487, was rebuilt in the 16th century by the Florentine architect Nanni Unghero. The loggia , among other things, dates from this period . At the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, the palazzo was redesigned again according to the plan of the architect and painter Giovanni Ventura Borghesi from Città di Castello and the Italian garden was created . In the 18th century the castle was furnished with valuable works of art from the Rococo . In July 1989, the Castello Bufalini became state property and, in addition to furniture from the 16th to 19th centuries, the collection of paintings from the Palazzo Bufalini by Città di Castello, tapestries, ceramics and various Roman busts, the already mentioned Italian garden, which presented in the form of the 18th century, including a rose garden and a labyrinth .

  • Castello Bufalini, front from the 15th century

  • 16th century loggia

  • Part of the painting collection

  • Cot with coat of arms of the Bufalini

  • Ceiling design in the Castello Bufalini

  • Part of the palace garden

Villa Magherini Graziani
  • Palazzo Magherini Graziani in Celalba: The building, also known as Villa Magherini Graziani di Celalba , was built by Antonio Cantagallina on a previous building by order of Carlo Graziani until 1616, the large central tower of which was retained. During the Second World War, the palazzo was occupied and looted by German troops. In 1980 the complex was bought by the municipality of San Giustino and renovation work started immediately. The villa's farmhouse is used by the Archaeological Inspectorate of Umbria and the University of Perugia for their activities and archiving in connection with excavations in the nearby Roman Colle Plinio . The exhibition of the finds from the excavations carried out there can be viewed in the Palazzo.
  • Museo del Tabacco , the tobacco museum

traffic

The Strada Statale 3bis (northern branch of Via Flaminia) , which is similar to a motorway, leads past the municipality from Perugia to Ravenna in the north. The Strada Statale 73bis di Bocca Trabaria leads east from San Giustino to the Adriatic Sea . The Ferrovia Centrale Umbra serves the train station, which is on the line from Terni via Perugia to Sansepolcro .

Town twinning

Web links

Commons : San Giustino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Ex Repubblica di Cospaia (Italian). Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  3. ^ Castello Bufalini - San Giustino (German). Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  4. ^ Palazzo Ma (r) gherini Graziani (English and Italian). Retrieved November 12, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Museo Storico del tabacco (English and Italian). Retrieved November 12, 2018 .