Vecchiano

Vecchiano
Country	Italy
region	Tuscany
province	Pisa (PI)
Coordinates	43 ° 47 ' N , 10 ° 23' E Coordinates: 43 ° 47 '0 " N , 10 ° 23' 0" E
height	5 m slm
surface	67 km²
Residents	12,034 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	180 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	56019
prefix	050
ISTAT number	050037
Popular name	Vecchianesi
Patron saint	Sant'Alessandro (May 3rd)
Website	Vecchiano
	; Vecchiano, Piazza Garibaldi

Vecchiano is an Italian commune with 12,034 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Pisa in the Tuscany region .

geography

Location of Vecchiano in the province of Pisa

The community extends over approx. 67 km². It is located approx. 70 km west of the regional capital Florence and 8 km north of the provincial capital Pisa . The place is in the climatic classification of Italian municipalities in zone D, 1,600 GR / G and on the Serchio river (24 km in the municipality).

The districts include Avane (6 m), Filettole (10 m), Migliarino Pisano (3 m) and Nodica (5 m).

The neighboring municipalities are Lucca ( LU ), Massarosa (LU), San Giuliano Terme and Viareggio (LU).

history

Traces of a settlement by the Etruscans were found in the place. The place was first mentioned in 762 in the memorie lucchesi of Peredeo, Bishop of Lucca . Since the 10th century the place was under the influence of Lucca . Due to its strategically important location on the border between Pisa and Lucca, Vecchiano was soon taken by Pisa, which also built the castle church Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello . From the 13th to the 15th century, the community and its districts were the scene of acts of war between Pisa and Lucca and was also attacked by the Duchy of Milan . With the defeat of Pisa in 1406 Vecchiano came under Florentine rule. Under this the place came into the Duchy of Tuscany and under the rule of the Habsburg-Lorraine , who were able to maintain rule in the area even under the occupation of Napoleon . The place became an independent municipality in 1810 when it separated from San Giuliano .

Attractions

Chiesa di San Frediano in Vecchiano minore

Chiesa di San Maurizio in the Filettole district

Chiesa di Sant'Alessandro , church in the center of the village mentioned in 1104, which was documented as Vechiano major in 1199 . The campanile dates from the early 14th century and was completed in 1385.
Chiesa di San Frediano , church on the outskirts (Vecchiano minore), which was mentioned in 762. Was changed a lot in 1835.
Chiesa di Santa Cristina , church in the Avane district, documented in 1137.
Chiesa di Santa Maria in Castello , already mentioned in 1136, is located in the Castello di Vecchiano .
Chiesa di San Maurizio , already mentioned in 886 church in the Filettole district.
Chiesa die Santi Simone e Giuda , church in Nodica, which was built over an older church at the beginning of the 19th century.

Sons and daughters of the church

Antonio Tabucchi (1943–2012), writer

literature

Emanuele Repetti: VECCHIANO (Veclanum) nella Valle inferiore del Serchio. In: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846). Online edition of the University of Siena (PDF, Italian)

Web links

Commons : Vecchiano - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Municipality of Vecchiano (Italian)
I luoghi della Fede (Pisa, Area Pisana) (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
↑ Comuni Italiani zu Vecchiano , accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian)
↑ Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)
↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Vecchiano , accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian)
↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Pisa, accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian)
↑ ^a ^b Emanuele Repetti: VECCHIANO (Veclanum) nella Valle inferiore del Serchio.
↑ ^a ^b Monti Pisani, accessed on March 11, 2010, no longer available ( VECCHIANO ( Memento from April 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 6, 2014)
↑ Itinerari Lorenesi in Toscana, accessed on March 11, 2010 (www.itinerarilorenesi.it/index.php?sezione=9&dettaglio=221, no longer available)
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f I Luoghi della Fede.

[1] Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

[2] Comuni Italiani zu Vecchiano , accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian)

[3] Website of the Agenzia nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile (ENEA), accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian) (PDF; 330 kB)

[4] Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA) on the rivers in Vecchiano , accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian)

[5] Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Pisa, accessed on July 26, 2017 (Italian)

[Repetti-6] Emanuele Repetti: VECCHIANO (Veclanum) nella Valle inferiore del Serchio.

[montipisani.com-7] Monti Pisani, accessed on March 11, 2010, no longer available ( VECCHIANO ( Memento from April 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on June 6, 2014)

[8] Itinerari Lorenesi in Toscana, accessed on March 11, 2010 (www.itinerarilorenesi.it/index.php?sezione=9&dettaglio=221, no longer available)

[LuoghiFede-9] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f I Luoghi della Fede.