Ulignano (San Gimignano)
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| Country | Italy | ||
| region | Tuscany | ||
| province | Siena (SI) | ||
| local community | San Gimignano | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 30 ' N , 11 ° 5' E | ||
| height | 168 m slm | ||
| Residents | 500 (2017) | ||
| Telephone code | 0577 | CAP | 53037 |
Ulignano is a fraction of the municipality of San Gimignano in the province of Siena , Tuscany region in Italy .
geography
According to the number of inhabitants, the place is the largest district of San Gimignano and is located approx. 5 kilometers northeast of the main town San Gimignano and approx. 28 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital Siena . It is 168 meters and had about 700 inhabitants in 2001. Today (2017) there are about 500. The place is in the Elsatal (Val d'Elsa), the river Elsa flows about 1 km east of Ulignano. The closest places to the main town of San Gimignano are Vico d'Elsa (municipality of Barberino Val d'Elsa ( FI ), approx. 2 km northeast), Poggibonsi (approx. 6 km southeast) and Certaldo (FI, approx. 6 km northwest).
history
Finds from the year 2002 suggest an Etruscan settlement , when a stele was discovered near the hill Poggio di Torre a Ulignano that dates back to the 5th century BC. BC or 6th century BC Chr. Is assigned.
The place was first mentioned in 1188 by Heinrich VI. in a letter to Ildebrando Pannocchieschi, the Bishop of Volterra . In 1251 the place came under the rule of San Gimignano.
Attractions
- San Bartolomeo , church above the village on the road to San Gimignano. The church was first mentioned in 1188 in the document of Heinrich VI. To the Bishop of Lucca. The church was restored at the beginning of the 20th century.
- San Biagio a Cusona , church in the Località Cusona approx. 1 km southeast of Ulignano near the Villa di Cusona, owned by the Guicciardini Strozzi. The church was founded in 1220 in a document from Pope Honorius III. mentioned.
- Santa Maria a Villacastelli , church in the Località Villacastelli (Villa Castelli, also Località Santa Maria) about 1.5 km northwest of Ulignano, in 1220 by Pope Honorius III. mentioned.
photos
The church of Santa Maria a Villacastelli just outside the village
The Elsa river just north of Ulignano
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: ULIGNANO in Val d'Elsa. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online version of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Siena, accessed on September 1, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ italia.indettaglio.it on Ulignano , accessed on September 1, 2017 (English)
- ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: ULIGNANO in Val d'Elsa.
- ^ San Gimignano, per la prima volta la Stele di Ulignano si svela al pubblico. valdelsa.net from July 20, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ Il Tirreno on the Church of San Bartolomeo in Ulignano, accessed on September 1, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ Il Tirreno on the Church of San Biagio a Cusona (with ill.), Accessed on September 1, 2017 (Italian)
- ↑ Emanuele Repetti: Cusona. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846).
- ↑ Il Tirreno on the Church of Santa Maria a Villacastelli (with ill.), Accessed on September 1, 2017 (Italian)