Suvereto

Suvereto
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Livorno (LI)
Coordinates	43 ° 5 ' N , 10 ° 41' E Coordinates: 43 ° 4 '42 " N , 10 ° 40' 45" E
height	90 m slm
surface	92.9 km²
Residents	3,044 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	33 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	57028
prefix	0565
ISTAT number	049020
Popular name	Suveretani
Patron saint	Santa Croce; (May 3rd)
Website	Suvereto
	; Suvereto, square at the back of the town hall

Suvereto is an Italian municipality with 3044 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Livorno in Tuscany and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy).

Location and dates

The place is located on a hill north above the valley of the Cornia river ( Val di Cornia ), about 15 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea . Suvereto has a well-preserved medieval old town and is surrounded by forest (chestnut, cork oak, macchia). In addition to the main town, Suvereto includes the hill districts of Prata and Belvedere as well as Frazioni Montioni and San Lorenzo in the Cornia valley .

The neighboring municipalities are Campiglia Marittima , Castagneto Carducci , Follonica ( GR ), Massa Marittima (GR), Monterotondo Marittimo (GR), Monteverdi Marittimo ( PI ), Piombino , San Vincenzo and Sassetta .

history

Suvereto was first mentioned around the year 1000 when the place belonged to the fief of the Aldobrandeschi family. In 1201 it became the first free municipality in northern Maremma . In 1228 Suvereto joined Massa Marittima , but in 1237 it came to Pisa with other Ghibelline places. From 1399 it belonged to Piombino .

The name of the place is derived from the Latin word Quercus suber for the cork oak , which was used intensively in the area. Today Suvereto has an important olive oil and wine production ( DOC Val di Cornia wine region ).

The city is a member of Cittaslow , a movement founded in Italy in 1999 to decelerate and increase the quality of life in cities through environmental policy, infrastructure policy, urban quality, upgrading of autochthonous products, hospitality, awareness and quality of the landscape.

The corpse of Henry VII in Suvereto

In August 1313, during a campaign in the context of the conflict between Ghibellines and Guelphs , Emperor Henry VII died . in Buonconvento from the consequences of malaria. During the transport of the corpse to the Ghibelline capital Pisa , the army stopped in Suvereto, which was also Ghibelline at the time. Here, near the Convento San Francesco, the corpse was prevented from decaying by drying it on a fire. After that, the body was laid out in the church of S.Giusto in Suvereto for about 2 years until the sarcophagus created by Tino di Camaino for the Cathedral of Pisa was completed. The sarcophagus is still in the south aisle of the Pisan Cathedral. Remember the episode in Suvereto z. B. the street name "Via della Insegna" (street of the coat of arms) and the name of the Palio dell 'Imperatore (see regular events ).

Porta di Sotto, the southern city gate

Rocca Aldobrandesca

Cloister of the former monastery of San Francesco

Culture and sights

Suvereto is surrounded by a city wall in the shape of a pentagon with eight towers.

The remains of the Rocca Aldobrandesca rise above the old town , a medieval Aldobrandeschi castle that was built under the rule of the Pisans in the 13th century and rebuilt several times.
Palazzo Comunale - town hall with a beautiful loggia (early 13th century)
Convento di San Francesco - Franciscan monastery (built 1286–1288), which was dissolved under Napoleonic rule in 1808. A beautiful cloister has been preserved .
Santissimo Crocifisso (Church of the Holy Cross, 15th century)
Chiesa di San Giusto - Romanesque church, first attested in 923. The current structure dates back to 1189. The Museo di Arte Sacra - Museum of Sacred Art is located by the church .
Madonna di Sopra la Porta - Church, built in 1772
Museo Artistico della Bambola - Doll Museum

Other structures

Converter station of the HVDC SACOI (submarine cable connection between the Italian mainland and Sardinia)
ENEL development center for high-voltage switchgear, including a 1100 kV test line (length: 3 km, sections of underground cable) to Valdicciola

Regular events

Fiera di Suvereto - village festival (first Sunday in May). In the Palio delle Botti competition , two teams roll wine barrels through the streets of the city.
Palio dell'imperatore - repetition of the Palio delle Botti (August 12). The festival commemorates Emperor Henry VII , whose body was in Suvereto from 1313 to 1315 before burial in Pisa Cathedral (see above).
Fiera di Suvereto - village festival, mid-September
Extempore - International Art Festival, September
Sagra del Cinghiale - Festival of the Wild Boar, 1st Sunday of December

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 6, 2017 (Italian).
↑ Heinrich VII Wikipedia: Heinrich VII.
↑ ^a ^b http://www.comune.suvereto.li.it/archivio13_luoghi-e-strutture_0_73_143_1.html ( Memento of November 2, 2011 on WebCite ) Website of the municipality of Suvereto - Chiostro di San Francesco (it.), Accessed and archived on November 2, 2011
^ Archive of the Tirreno from November 9, 2001 (it.)

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed August 6, 2017 (Italian).

[3] Heinrich VII Wikipedia: Heinrich VII.

[chiostrosanfrancesco-4] ttp://www.comune.suvereto.li.it/archivio13_luoghi-e-strutture_0_73_143_1.html ( Memento of November 2, 2011 on WebCite ) Website of the municipality of Suvereto - Chiostro di San Francesco (it.), Accessed and archived on November 2, 2011

[5] Archive of the Tirreno from November 9, 2001 (it.)