Serpenna

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Serpenna
Plain (pian) of Rosia with the regulation structure of the Serpenna shortly before its confluence with the Merse

Plain (pian) of Rosia with the regulation structure of the Serpenna shortly before its confluence with the Merse

Data
location Italy, Tuscany, Province of Siena
River system Ombrone
Drain over Merse  → Ombrone  → Mediterranean
muzzle at Orgia in the Merse coordinates: 43 ° 12 ′ 51 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 20 ″  E 43 ° 12 ′ 51 ″  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 20 ″  E

length 13 km
Medium-sized cities Siena
Small towns Sovicille

The Serpenna is a 13 km long tributary of the Merse in the province of Siena in Tuscany in Italy.

course

The Serpenna rises in the Montagnola Senese at Poderuccio west of Sovicille , flows through the eastern part of the Pian de Rosia east of Rosia , where he at San Rocco a Pilli the city Siena touched, and ends at the mill Molino del Palazzaccio east of Orgia in the Merse . In the upper reaches of the Serpenna does not have regular water and is therefore called Fosso Serpenna.

The serpenna serves in the lower part to stabilize the water level. It was regulated by the Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo in the second half of the 18th century by means of smaller barriers.

photos

  • Information board of the road administration on the road between Rosia and the E 78 / SS 223

  • The regulatory framework today (2017, inside)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SIRA