Saturnia

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Saturnia
MancianoSaturniaPanorama1.jpg
Panorama of Saturnia
Country Italy
region Tuscany
province Grosseto  (GR)
local community Manciano
Coordinates 42 ° 40 ′  N , 11 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 39 ′ 55 "  N , 11 ° 30 ′ 19"  E
height 294  m slm
Residents 280 (2017)
Telephone code 0564 CAP 58050

Saturnia is a thermal town and district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of the municipality of Manciano in the Tuscan Maremma ( Italy ).

Rocca aldobrandesca , also Castello Ciacci or Villa Ciacci called

geography

The place is about 8 km north of the main town Manciano and in the Albegna valley of the southern Maremma. The provincial capital Grosseto is 38 kilometers northwest, the regional capital Florence approx. 100 km north. The place is located at 294  m slm on Via Clodia and has about 280 inhabitants. Saturnia is located on a hill above the confluence of the Albegna and Stellata.

history

Legend has it that Saturnia was the first city ​​founded by Saturn on the Italian peninsula - hence the name Saturnia is derived. The place is located on a travertine rock and is considered the first city to be founded by the Etruscans , who called it Aurina . Parts of the city walls date from the 2nd century BC. From Roman times , the presence of the Romans, who called the place Aurinia , is since 280 BC. Assumed. Saturnia left no other traces between the 3rd and 12th centuries.

The place is first mentioned in writing in 1188 in a document from Pope Clement III. At that time the thermal baths and the fortress, the Rocca, were already there. The Rocca came into the possession of the Aldobrandeschi in 1216 and was in the conflict between Siena and Orvieto , who both tried to take the place, Siena in 1221 and Orvieto in 1251. In 1299, Siena destroyed the place considerably in search of Margherita Aldobrandeschi. Just four years later, the Orvietani gained influence in Saturnia. In 1328 the Baschi from Montemerano and later the Orsini from Pitigliano took over the place, which was conquered by Siena in 1410. The expansion of the Roman city walls by the Sienese took place from 1454 to 1464.

After the defeat of the Sienese Republic, Saturnia became part of the Medici , who bequeathed the place to the Marquis Ximenes in 1593. The Panciatichi family ruled from 1738 to 1751. In 1787 Saturnia became part of Manciano.

Attractions

Church of Santa Maria Maddalena
Roman gate Porta Romana
Cascate del Mulino thermal baths
  • Bagno secco , thermal bath ruins near the center (Via Mazzini) from Roman times.
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena , Romanesque church renovated in 1933. Contains the work Madonna col Bambino tra San Sebastiano e Santa Maria Maddalena ( attributed to Benvenuto di Giovanni and made as a panel painting around 1475 to 1485).
  • Porta Romana , Roman city gate to the south to the thermal baths, which was integrated into the Senese city wall. Was part of Via Clodia.
  • Rocca aldobrandesca , also called Castello Ciacci , belonged to Rocca a Tentennano or Rocca di Tintinnano in 1170 , today Rocca d'Orcia , part of Castiglione d'Orcia . In 1216 it came into the possession of the Aldobrandeschi and was expanded by Siena in 1410. Since 1929 in the possession of the Ciacci family, who carried out further renovations.
  • Thermal springs are about 1 km south of the village at 156  m slm . They brought the place an economic boom. 800 liters of 37 degrees warm, sulphurous water, which comes from the slopes of Monte Amiata , flows out of the thermal spring every second . There the rainwater collects at a depth of approx. 200 m and is enriched with sulfur. The water comes to the surface after 30 kilometers in Saturnia and pours over the Cascate del Mulino . Bathing in the naturally created sinter basin is free. There is also a spa center with facilities (including a swimming pool at the luxury hotel Terme di Saturnia) for various cures and therapies.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on October 7, 2012 (Italian)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Giuseppe Guerrini: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto.
  3. ^ A b c Touring Club Italiano: Toscana.
  4. ↑ a b c d Maioli / Occhetti: Manciano. In: Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma.
  5. ↑ a b Municipality of Manciano to Saturnia