Tavarnelle Val di Pesa

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Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
TavarnelleValdiPesaPanorama1.jpg
Panorama of Tavarnelle Val di Pisa
Country Italy
region Tuscany
Metropolitan city Florence  (FI)
local community Barberino Tavarnelle
Coordinates 43 ° 34 '  N , 11 ° 10'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 33 '41 "  N , 11 ° 10' 22"  E
height 378  m slm
Residents 3,994 (2011)
patron Santa Lucia (December 13th)
Telephone code 0555 CAP 50028

Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is a district of the municipality of Barberino Tavarnelle in the metropolitan city of Florence , located in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of the former municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa in the metropolitan city of Florence

Tavarnelle Val di Pesa is located around 30 km south of the provincial and regional capital Florence in the valley of the river Pesa (10 of 55 km in the local area). The place is in the Chianti area and in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in Zone E, 2 344 GR / G.

The former municipality included the districts (frazioni) Sambuca Val di Pesa , San Donato in Poggio and Badia a Passignano (341 m) as well as the villages (hamlets) Bonazza (341 m), Chiostrini (346 m), Madonna di Pietracupa (400 m ), Magliano (364 m), Morrocco (333 m), Noce (371 m), Palazzuolo (385 m), Romita (333 m), San Michele (357 m) and San Pietro in Bossolo (350 m).

history

Tavarnelle was a Roman station and was first mentioned in a document as Tabernulae in 790. In the 12th century, the place fell under the control of the Republic of Florence . The municipality belonged to Barberino Val d'Elsa as a district until 1893 and became an independent municipality on May 1, 1893. In the vote on the municipal merger with Barberino Val d'Elsa on November 11 and 12, 2018 in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, 82.06% (with 49.09% voter turnout) voted for the merger. This was completed on January 1, 2019 with the establishment of the municipality of Barberino Tavarnelle .

Attractions

Santa Lucia al Borghetto Church
Pieve San Pietro in Bossolo
Church of Sant'Antonino a Bonazza
San Bartolomeo Church in Palazzuolo
  • Santa Lucia al Borghetto , church and convent of the Franciscans from the 13th century.
  • Pieve di San Pietro in Bossolo , Pieve from the 10th century.
  • Museo di arte sacra , museum on the first floor of the Pieve di San Pietro in Bossolo, shows, among other things, the work Trittico con la Madonna con Bambino tra i santi Pietro e Giovanni Evangelista by Ugolino di Nerio ( triptych , 109 cm × 119 cm) and Sacra Conversazione , a Madonna with saints, by the unknown master of Tavarnelle , named after the place where the work was exhibited .
  • Sant'Antonino , church in Bonazza. Made in the 14th century.
  • Santa Maria del Carmine , church in Morrocco (15th century).
  • San Bartolomeo , church in Palazzuolo, consecrated in 1001.
  • Badia a Passignano , also called Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano , monastery from the 11th century in the district of Passignano.
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie , sanctuary in Pietracupa, founded in 1596.
  • San Paolo , church ruin in San Polo de Torre, mentioned in the 13th century.
  • Rocca dei Dragoni : The Dutch royal family owns a property from the Middle Ages outside the town center, the Rocca dei Dragoni . Queen Beatrix bought it as a private property in the 1970s and had it renovated and modernized. She later left the property to her sons for use. Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his family regularly use the property during the summer holidays, as do other members of the royal family.

traffic

The place has the San Donato and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa junctions on the RA 3 , which connects Florence with Siena.

literature

Web links

Commons : Tavarnelle Val di Pesa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Frazione di Tavarnelle with the population figures from 2011, accessed on May 28, 2019 (Italian)
  2. ↑ a b tuttitalia.it: Il Comune di Barberino Tavarnelle (FI). Retrieved December 31, 2018 (Italian)
  3. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in the municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa , accessed on October 13, 2017 (Italian)
  4. ↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on October 12, 2017 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
  5. ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Florence, accessed on October 11, 2017 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa on the history of the place , accessed on June 3, 2014 (Italian)
  7. ↑ a b c d I Luoghi della Fede.
  8. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa on the church of Sant'Antonino in Bonazza , accessed on October 13, 2017 (Italian)
  9. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa on the Church of San Bartolomeo in Palazzuolo , accessed on October 13, 2017 (Italian)
  10. ↑ Koninklijke vakantiehuizen: Rocca dei Draconi , accessed on May 28, 2019 (Dutch)