Tressa

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Tressa
The Tressa south of Siena

The Tressa south of Siena

Data
location Region of Tuscany , Province of Siena
River system Ombrone
Drain over Arbia  → Ombrone  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district Appennino Settentrionale
muzzle At Ponte a Tressa (district of Monteroni d'Arbia ) in the Arbia coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′ 17 ″  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 52 ″  E, 43 ° 15 ′ 17 ″  N , 11 ° 23 ′ 52 ″  E

length 17 km
Medium-sized cities Siena
Communities Asciano , Monteroni d'Arbia

The Tressa is a 17 km long river in Italy in the Tuscany region . It runs through the province of Siena from Siena in a south-easterly direction.

course

It rises west of Siena near Marciano, where it joins the Pescaja (today Pescaia), and flows south along the Strada Statale 223 di Paganico . After a few kilometers it turns in a south-westerly direction, flows south along the Via Cassia (state road SS 2, here coincides with the Via Francigena ) and passes the Senese district of Isola d'Arbia south at 176  m slm . Shortly afterwards, after a total of 13 km, it leaves the municipality of Siena and joins that of Monteroni d'Arbia . It traverses this for a total of 4 km and meets the district of Ponte a Tressa ( 172  m slm ), where it crosses under the Siena – Grosseto railway line and the Via Cassia or Via Francigena. A few meters later it enters the Arbia as a right tributary . Here he also briefly touches the municipality of Asciano .

history

According to legend, the children of Remus , Senio and Aschio, fled Rome from their uncle Romulus. They reached the banks of the Tressa to build the Castel Senio (today Castelvecchio) on the hill . Here they lit a fire that developed black and white smoke and thus became the city arms of Siena (Balzana).

The church of Santa Maria a Tressa in Ponte a Tressa is named for the master of Tressa (Italian Maestro di Tressa ), where his work Madonna col Bambino gave rise to the emergency name .

The Tressa in Literature

The river plays a major role in Federigo Tozzi's 1921 work The Homestead (Il Podere) , where the homestead is located south of Siena on the Tressa.

photos

  • The Tressa in the south of Siena

  • The Tressa under the bridges of the Seneser Südtangente

  • The Tressa south of Siena (Cerchiaia)

  • The Tressa on the bridges of Ponte a Tressa

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846)

Web links

Commons : Tressa River  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SIRA
  2. ^ Emanuele Repetti: Marciano ( online version of the University of Siena )
  3. ↑ a b Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Siena, accessed on February 27, 2013 (Italian)
  4. ^ Langton Douglas: A History of Siena. Betti Editrice, Siena 2000 (Org. London 1902), ISBN 88-86417-61-6 , p. 6 f.
  5. ^ Bruno Santi: La collezione Chigi Saracini. Florence 1998, Scala, p. 38