Scansano

Scansano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Grosseto  (GR)
Coordinates	42 ° 41 ′  N , 11 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 41 ′ 23 "  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 5"  E
height	500  m slm
surface	273.57 km²
Residents	4,348 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	58054
prefix	0564
ISTAT number	053023
Popular name	Scansanesi
Patron saint	San Giovanni Battista (August 29)
Website	Scansano
Panorama of Scansano

Scansano is an Italian commune with 4,348 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Grosseto in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of the municipality of Scansano in the province of Grosseto

Porta Grossetana

The community extends over around 274  km² . It is located about 25 km east of Grosseto and 140 km south of Florence in the wine-growing region of Morellino di Scansano and in the climatic classification of Italian communities in zone E, 2216 GG. The rivers Albegna (south, 6 km in the municipality), Ombrone (4 km) and Trasubbie (4 km) (both in the northern municipality) flow in the municipality.

The districts include Baccinello , Montorgiali , Murci , Pancole , Poggioferro , Polveraia , Pomonte and Preselle . The main town has around 1400 inhabitants, the most populous districts are Baccinello and Pancole, each with around 300 inhabitants. The highest district is Murci at 595  m .

The neighboring municipalities are Campagnatico , Grosseto , Magliano in Toscana , Manciano and Roccalbegna .

history

The districts of Murci (918) and Montorgiali (1188 of Pope Clement III , then the main town of the county ) are already documented before today's main town Scansano, which is only mentioned in writing in 1272. Scansano was built as a castle (Castello, no longer exists today) on a hill between the Ombrone Valley and the Albegna Valley in the Middle Ages . Until the end of the 13th century , the place was under the control of the Aldobrandeschi from Santa Fiora . From 1418 the place was subordinate to the Count of Santa Fiora, Bosio Sforza , who sold the place to Cosimo II. De 'Medici in 1615 and was incorporated by him into the Duchy of Tuscany . In 1783 the districts (except Murci and Pereta) came to Scansano due to a territorial reform of the Maremma . Under Grand Duke Leopold I , the place served as the seat of the provincial government in summer, since Grosseto had problems with malaria due to its geographical location . The town enjoyed an economic boom from 1816 when the production of sulfur began. In 1861 the place had about 4,350 inhabitants, which almost doubled by 1951, but then fell back to the level of 1861 to the present day.

Viticulture

The famous red wine Morellino di Scansano is produced in and around Scansano . The cultivation area includes the municipalities of Campagnatico , Grosseto , Magliano in Toscana , Manciano , Roccalbegna and Semproniano (all in the province of Grosseto ) and is essentially between the rivers of Ombrone and Albegna . In 2014, almost 80,000 hectoliters of this well-known DOCG wine were produced.

Attractions

Villa Sforzesca , also called Fattoria di Pomonte , district of Pomonte

• Castello di Cotone , medieval castle about 6 km north of the main town
• Castello di Montepò , medieval castle approx. 4 km north of the main town
• Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , Pieve and collegiate monastery in the town center from 1628, which arose from the remains of a church mentioned in 1276 and was restored and consecrated in 1754 . Contained the stolen work Madonna dell'Uccellino by Andrea della Robbia in 1971 , today there is a copy of the work of art there. The church also owns the work Martirio di San Sebastiano by the Senese artist Stefano Volpi .
• Chiesa della Madonna delle Grazie , also known as Chiesa della Botte , church just outside the city walls that was built at the beginning of the 17th century. The name refers to the painting of the SS. Vergine in the building , which is popularly known as degli Affrichelli or della Botte .
• Convento del Petreto , monastery north of the main town, which goes back to Bernardine of Siena . Became a Franciscan monastery in 1702 . After various changes of ownership, the building has been in the hands of the Franciscans again since the beginning of the 20th century.
• Teatro Castagnoli , theater built between 1852 and 1892 in the town center.
• Villa Sforzesca , also called Fattoria di Pomonte , Villa of Sforza from 1577 in the district of Pomonte.

literature

• Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana. Online edition of the University of Siena on Scansano
• Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma , Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 978-88-7145-093-3 , p. 147 ff.
• Touring Club Italiano : Toscana , Milan 2003, ISBN 978-88-365-2767-0 , p. 886 f.

Web links

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

• Scansano municipality
• Website of the Pro Loco in Scansano

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Official website of CONFEDILIZIA - Confederazione Italiana Proprietà Edilizia on the climatic classification of the municipalities of the Tuscany region, accessed on June 3, 2012 (Italian) ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Scansano , accessed on June 22, 2014 (Italian)
4. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the 2001 population figures in the province of Grosseto, accessed on June 3, 2012 (Italian)
5. ↑ ^{a b c} cf. Santi
6. ↑ cf. Repetti
7. ↑ cf. TCI
8. ↑ Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata (production regulations and description). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Wineacts.com, March 7, 2014, archived from the original on May 1, 2016 ; Retrieved January 16, 2017 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2015. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2015. federdoc.com, accessed on January 2, 2017 (Italian).