Vaglia

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Vaglia
coat of arms
Vaglia (Italy)
Vaglia
Country Italy
region Tuscany
Metropolitan city Florence  (FI)
Coordinates 43 ° 55 '  N , 11 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 43 ° 54 '41 "  N , 11 ° 16' 48"  E
height 290  m slm
surface 57 km²
Residents 5,231 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 92 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 50036
prefix 055
ISTAT number 048046
Popular name Vagliesi
Patron saint San Pietro (June 29)
Website Vaglia

Vaglia is an Italian commune with 5231 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the metropolitan city of Florence in the Tuscany region . The place belongs to the administrative community Comunità Montana Mugello .

geography

Location of Vaglia in the metropolitan city of Florence

Vaglia is located in the Mugello , about 20 km north of Florence . The Torrente Mugnone rises in the southern local area and spends 2 of its 17 km in the local area and flows towards the Arno to the south. The Torrente Carza spends 8 of its 14 km in the municipal area and flows through the main town of Vaglia. It joins the Sieve north of Vaglia at San Piero a Sieve , which also flows into the Arno.

Districts ( frazioni ) are Bivigliano (largest district after Vaglia with approx. 800 inhabitants, located at 585 m), Paterno (335 m, approx. 40 inhabitants), Fontebuona (162 m, approx. 375 inhabitants), Caselline (515 m, approx. 335 inhabitants), Pratolino (476 m, approx. 740 inhabitants), Montorsoli (401 m, approx. 400 inhabitants, has a common municipality with Sesto Fiorentino), Mulinaccio (450 m, approx. 130 inhabitants, has a common municipality with Borgo San Lorenzo) and Viliani (491 m, approx. 70 inhabitants).

The neighboring municipalities are Borgo San Lorenzo , Calenzano , Fiesole , Scarperia e San Piero and Sesto Fiorentino .

history

Probably the first inhabitants of the area were Ligurians , after which the Etruscans settled under Lucumone di Fiesole. After their decline, the Romans took over . The Pieve San Pietro above the municipality was mentioned as existing in a document by Otto II as early as 983 . In 1115 the place was mentioned as a castle (Castello) in a document from the monastery of San Salvatore a Settimo . From the 14th century, the place was under Florence. From 1551 the place belonged to Scarperia . Under the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopold I , the place came to life in the second half of the 18th century, especially through the Regia Postale Bolognese from Florence to Bologna that was now being built . Vaglia experienced a further boom through the Florence – Faenza railway line , which was completed in 1893 and has a stop in Vaglia. During the Second World War , the place was almost completely destroyed and later rebuilt. The destroyed railway line was not reopened until 1999.

Culture and sights

Churches

  • Pieve di San Pietro , Pieve in the main town of Vaglia, was first mentioned in 983.
  • Chiesa di San Romolo , church in the Bivigliano district, which was built before the year 1000. There is an altarpiece by Andrea della Robbia , a wooden sculpture by Michelozzo and a painting by Pietro Annigoni .
  • Chiesa di San Cresci a Macioli , first mentioned in 926. The campanile was built in 1279, the church itself was completely restored in 1448.
  • Santuario di Montesenario , pilgrimage church that was built as a convent from a castle ruin in 1241. Contains the work L'ultima Cena (The Last Supper) by Matteo Rosselli ( Refectory ).
  • Chiesa di Sant'Andrea a Cerreto Maggio , church from the 13th century
  • Chiesa di San Niccolò a Ferraglia
  • Chiesa di San Michele alle Macchie
  • Chiesa di Santo Stefano a Pescina
  • Chiesa di Santa Maria , church in the district of Paterno, here are the remains of an altarpiece by Luca della Robbia

  • The parish church of San Pietro in Vaglia

  • The church of San Romolo in the district of Bivigliano

  • Work of Andrea della Robbia in San Romolo

  • Sanctuary of Montesenario

  • The Last Supper by Matteo Rosselli , 1634

  • Villa Medici or Villa Demidoff

  • Statue in the park of Villa Demidoff

  • The Villa di Bivigliano

Villas

traffic

  • Vaglia has a stop on the Florence – Faenza railway line. From 1999 to 2012 there was also a stop in the Fontebuona district .

literature

Web links

Commons : Vaglia  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Vaglia , accessed on November 15, 2014 (Italian)
  3. ^ Official website of ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on 2001 population figures in the province of Florence, accessed on November 15, 2014 (Italian)
  4. ↑ a b c Official website of the municipality on the history of Vaglia , accessed on May 26, 2019 (Italian)
  5. ↑ a b c d Official website of the parish on the churches of Vaglia , accessed on May 26, 2019 (Italian)
  6. ↑ Emanuele Repetti: VAGLIA (Vallea) in Val di Sieve. In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana
  7. ↑ Official website of the municipality of Vaglia for the Convento di Montesenario , accessed on May 26, 2019 (Italian)