Sassofortino

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Sassofortino
SassofortinoPanorama2.jpg
Panorama of Sassofortino
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Roccastrada
Coordinates 43 ° 2 '  N , 11 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 1 '33 "  N , 11 ° 6' 44"  E
height 560  m slm
Residents 748 (2011)
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58036

Sassofortino is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Roccastrada in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .

geography

The place is 4.8 km northwest of the main town Roccastrada, 29 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto , 84 km south of Florence and 37 km southwest of Siena . The place is in the Maremma landscape and in the Colline Metallifere at 560  m slm below the mountain Monte Sassoforte (789 m). The Castello di Sassoforte is located approx. 1 km northwest of the village. The place had 815 inhabitants in 2001.

history

The church of San Michele Arcangelo in the town center

The castle Castello di Sassoforte was first in 1076 in a document of the Aldobrandeschi as Saxoforte mentioned when Ildebrando Aldobrandeschi some of his possessions to the Church of Montemassi bequeathed. The Borgo (lower town) was first mentioned in the 12th century. The Aldobrandeschi then gave their lands as a fiefdom to the local lords Uguccione da Sassoforte degli Ardengheschi , which was confirmed in 1221 by Frederick II . The break between the Aldobrandeschi and the Ardengheschi followed a short time later for political reasons, when the Ardengheschi in the conflict between the Ghibellines and Guelphs submitted to the Ghibelline Siena in 1254 and thus stood in contrast to the papal-minded Aldobrandeschi. Due to this fact, the place escaped the conflict in the run-up to the Battle of Montaperti and, unlike Montemassi, was spared from the fighting, but already in 1270 differences with Siena and the neighboring bar town Roccatederighi , which were now under Guelphic governments. In addition, relations with the neighboring town of Torniella (also today the municipality of Roccastrada) were also disrupted under the rule of the Pannocchieschi , which led to an intervention by Siena. In 1328 the place (like Montemassi) was besieged and taken by Guidoriccio da Fogliano . After the local lords Ghinozzo e Longarello del fu Pepo da Sassoforte were brought to Santa Fiora by the Aldobrandeschi , Siena acquired the previously conquered place from the Aldobrandeschi on February 27, 1330 for a sum of 5500 Fiorini and tore down the fortification walls to advance the Republic further use of the castle to protect against them. The almost abandoned castle was reactivated by the Salimbeni in 1368 , but in 1404 Pietro di Niccolò dei Salimbeni sold Fiorini back to Siena for 2000, as the Salimbeni in Siena had political difficulties and later had to leave the city of Siena (in the 1420s) . The majority of the population then settled in the Borgo Sassofortino below. After the defeat of the Senese Republic in 1555 against the Republic of Florence, the place (like Siena) also fell to the Duchy of Tuscany . After the unification of Italy in 1861, the place became part of the municipality of Roccastrada.

Sassofortino in art history

The painting Guidoriccio da Fogliano by Simone Martini in the Palazzo Pubblico of Siena, on the right the Castello di Sassoforte

The place achieved fame through the fresco Guidoriccio da Fogliano all'assedio di Montemassi (Guidoriccio da Fogliano during the Siege of Montemassi) by Simone Martini in the Sala del Mappamondo of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. The castle on the left represents Montemassi , the castle in the middle probably Sassofortino or Sassoforte. The picture shows the condottiere Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the siege of Montemassi.

Attractions

The castle ruins Castello di Sassoforte on the Monte Sassoforte mountain, just outside the village
  • Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo , main church in the historic center with a campanile from 1893. Contains in the Presbiterio the work Madonna col Bambino, San Giuseppe e Santa Caterina da Siena from the late 16th century, created by an artist from the circle of Alessandro Casolani .
  • Confraternita del Santissimo Nome di Gesù , also called Oratorio del Santissimo Nome di Gesù or della Misericordia , the oratory adjoining the Church of San Michele. Made in 1853.
  • Biotopo del Sassoforte , nature park on Mount Sassoforte.
  • Monte Sassoforte , mountain above the village, the mountain peak is 789 m.
  • Castello di Sassoforte , castle ruins on the top of Monte Sassoforte, was created in the 11th century by the Aldobrandeschi (see history ).
  • Pieve di Caminino , Pieve from the 11th century, which is dedicated to the Santissima Trinità . It is about 1 km south of the village and was built between the 12th and 13th centuries.

Sports

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Unione di Comuni montana Colline Metallifere
  2. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on August 10, 2016 (Italian)
  3. ↑ a b c Anna Maria Guiducci: I Luoghi della Fede
  4. ↑ Comune di Roccastrada to Castello di Sassoforte (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma.
  6. ^ Castelli Toscani
  7. ^ A b Roberto Farinelli / Riccardo Francovich: Sassoforte.
  8. ↑ Alessandra Carniani: I Salimbeni. Quasi una signoria. Protagon Editori, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-8024-090-0
  9. ↑ UnioneComuniCollineMetallifere
  10. ↑ UnioneComuniCollineMetallifere