Subbiano

Subbiano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Arezzo (AR)
Coordinates	43 ° 35 ' N , 11 ° 52' E Coordinates: 43 ° 34 '48 " N , 11 ° 52' 20" E
height	266 m slm
surface	78.22 km²
Residents	6,394 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	82 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	52010
prefix	0575
ISTAT number	051037
Popular name	Subbianesi
Patron saint	Visitazione della Beata Vergine Maria (May 31st)
Website	Subbiano
	; Subbiano on the banks of the Arno

Subbiano is an Italian commune with 6394 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Arezzo in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of Subbiano in the province of Arezzo

The municipality is located about 14 km north of the provincial capital Arezzo and about 80 km southeast of the regional capital Florence in the Casentino valley on the left bank of the Arno (7 km in the municipality). Other important bodies of water in the municipality are the Torrenti Gravena (every 5 km in the municipality), La Chiassa (8 of 14 km in the municipality), Lendra (every 5 km in the municipality) and Sovara (4 of 20 km in the municipality).

The place is located on a south-eastern foothill of the Pratomagno mountain (1592 m) in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 2 041 GR / G. The churches of Subbiano are in the diocese of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro .

The districts include Calbenzano (290 m), Castelnuovo (265 m), Chiaveretto (305 m), Falciano (510 m), Poggio d'Acona (493 m), Ponte Caliano (266 m), Santa Mama (298 m) and Vogognano (520 m).

The neighboring municipalities are Anghiari , Arezzo , Capolona , Caprese Michelangelo , Castel Focognano , Chitignano and Chiusi della Verna .

history

The place was first mentioned on February 12, 1009. The name probably comes from the Latin sub Janum condita .

Attractions

Santa Maria della Visitazione

Castello di Subbiano

Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione , church in the town center, mentioned in 1304. Was enlarged from the end of the 17th century and restored and redesigned in 1947. Contains the 17th century canvas painting Gesù Bambino che appare a San Giuseppe , which is attributed to Pietro Castellucci.
Castello di Subbiano , castle in the town center.
Castelnuovo di Subbiano , district with a castle, which was first mentioned in 1022.
Chiesa di Santa Maria , church in Valenzano.
Chiesa di San Mamante , church in Santa Mama.
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Neve , church in Vogognano.

traffic

The place has the Subbiano stop, which is on the Ferrovia Casentinese railway line. The route goes from Arezzo to Stia . The breakpoint is on the right side of the Arno in the municipality of Capolona.

Sons and daughters of the church

Ferdinando Giuseppe Antonelli (1896–1993), cardinal

literature

Emanuele Repetti: CAPOLONA nel Val d'Arno aretino. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)