Torniella
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Grosseto (GR) | ||
| local community | Roccastrada | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 4 ' N , 11 ° 9' E | ||
| height | 441 m slm | ||
| Residents | 294 (2011) | ||
| Telephone code | 0564 | CAP | 58036 |
Torniella is a district ( fraction , Italian frazione ) of Roccastrada in the province of Grosseto , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
The place is 7 km north of the capital Roccastrada and 35 km north of the provincial capital Grosseto in the Colline Metallifere of the Maremma . The place is 441 m slm and in 2001 had about 325 inhabitants. It is the northernmost district of Roccastrada and is in the immediate vicinity of the district Piloni , which is located on the opposite hill. In the north of the village, the Farma river forms the border with Monticiano and its district Scalvaia .
history
The place was first mentioned in 1076 as Torgnalla , then in 1188 by Pope Clemens III. who mentioned the Chiesa di San Giovanni Batista . From 1216 to 1274 the Aldobrandeschi ruled the place. Ranieri da Torniella, who was loyal to them, ruled the town from 1233 and became a population of Siena in 1237 . Nevertheless, Siena had to intervene militarily in 1255, with the fortifications badly damaged and the local lords allied until then, including the son of Rainieri, Alberto, interned in Siena. Five years later, the place finally came under the rule of Siena. From the second half of the 15th century the Senese family of the Bulgarini ruled the place until it became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany after the defeat of the Senese Republic by the Florentine in 1555 .
Attractions
- Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista , church in the town center in Via del Pianello. Originated in the 13th century and redesigned in the 15th century. Became a parochial church in the 17th century. Contains the work Madonna con il Bambino che offre il rosario a Santa Caterina da Siena ea San Domenico , a canvas painting previously attributed to Francesco Vanni and now Vincenzo Rustici .
- Chiesa della Compania di San Sebastiano (Immacolata Concezione e dei Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano), church in the center from the 17th century near the Chiesa di San Giovanni and also in Via del Pianello. Contains the work Madonna con il Bambino in gloria tra San Giovanni Evangelista, San Pietro apostolo, San Fabiano e San Sebastiano by an unknown 17th century Senese artist.
literature
- Giuseppe Guerrini, Amministrazione Provinciale di Grosseto: Torri e Castelli della provincia di Grosseto. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1999, ISBN 88-7145-154-6 , p. 59.
- Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana. Online edition of the University of Siena in Torniella
- Bruno Santi: Guida Storico-Artistica alla Maremma. Nuova Immagine Edizioni, Siena 1995, ISBN 88-7145-093-0 , pp. 95 f.
- Touring Club Italiano : Toscana. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-365-2767-1 , p. 827.
Web links
- Official website of the municipality of Roccastrada in Torniella
- Website of the Pro Loco of Torniella and Piloni